Froben printing house in Basel
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The Froben printing house in Basel was a prominent Renaissance-era press renowned for producing high-quality humanist and scholarly editions, especially of works by Erasmus and other leading intellectuals.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Renaissance printing press
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printing house ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 16th century ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Officina Frobeniana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Northern Renaissance humanism ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Basel humanists
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Desiderius Erasmus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Johann Froben NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hadSuccessor | heirs of Johann Froben ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
key disseminator of Erasmus’s works
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major center of humanist printing in the German-speaking world ⓘ |
| influenced | humanist scholarship in Europe ⓘ |
| location | Basel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
editions of Erasmus
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high-quality humanist editions ⓘ scholarly editions of classical texts ⓘ |
| operatedIn | Renaissance ⓘ |
| partOf | Basel printing industry ⓘ |
| printedGenre |
classical literature
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patristic texts ⓘ philological editions ⓘ theological treatises ⓘ |
| printedWorkOf |
Church Fathers
NERFINISHED
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Desiderius Erasmus NERFINISHED ⓘ classical authors ⓘ |
| reputation |
accuracy of texts
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elegant typography ⓘ scholarly reliability ⓘ |
| specializedIn |
classical philology
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humanist scholarship ⓘ theological works ⓘ |
| usedLanguage |
Greek
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Hebrew ⓘ Latin ⓘ |
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