{{Short description|Burgundian-French pioneer of printing (1462–1535)}} [[File:Vergilius, Basel 1544, 2.jpg|right|thumb|250px|''Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis, Servii Mauri Honorati & Aelii Donati commentariis illustrata'' (Basel 1544) with the commentary of Badius (Ascensius) printed next to the text.]] {{Infobox person | name = Jodocus Badius | image = Badius Ascensius trademark.jpg | birth_date = 1462 | birth_place = Asse | death_date = 1535 | occupation = printer, grammarian, pedagogue }} __NOTOC__ {{redirect|Badius|the ancient Capuan general|Badius (Campanian)}} '''Jodocus Badius''' ({{langx|fr|Josse Bade}}; {{langx|es|Jodoco del Badia}}; 1462 – 1535), also known as {{nowrap|'''Josse Badius'''}}, {{nowrap|'''Jodocus van Asche Badius'''}}, and {{nowrap|'''Badius Ascensius'''}},{{sfnp|''EB''|1878}} was a Burgundian-French pioneer of the printing industry, a grammarian, and a pedagogue.

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==Life== Josse Badius was born in the village of Asse (formerly Assche) near Brussels in Flemish Brabant in AD&nbsp;1462.{{sfnp|''EB''|1878}} He was a scholar of considerable repute, studying in Brussels and Ferrara and teaching Greek for several years at Lyon, France.{{sfnp|''EB''|1911}} During the years 1492–1498, while in Lyon, he began working as a proofreader and editor for the printer Jean Trechsel.<ref>{{cite web|title=Josse Bad|url=https://data.bnf.fr/12238782/josse_bade/|website=data.BnF.fr|publisher=Bibliotheque Nationale de France|access-date=21 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Crab|first=Marijke|title=Exemplary Reading|date=2015|publisher=LIT Verlag Münster|page=144|url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=3643907265}}</ref>

He moved to Paris, where he established his own printing house in the year 1503, which eventually took the name ''{{lang|la|Prelum Ascensianum}}''.{{sfnp|''EB''|1878}} With 775 editions,{{sfnp|Renouard|1969|pp=6–24}} it served as one of the most active publishers during the first three decades of the 16th century. He specialized in Roman classical texts in Latin, often with his own ''{{lang|la|familiare commentum}}'' for the student market.{{citation needed|date=November 2015}} For example, for the 2nd-century BC Roman playwright Terence, Badius printed a ''Praenotamenta'' in 1502.{{sfn|White}} This introduced the subject of Roman comedy through a lengthy treatment of general theories of poetry and thorough discussion of its origins, development, and classifications. He also published work by contemporary humanist writers.{{sfnp|Renouard|1969|pp=6–24}} He frequently worked with or for Johannes Parvus (Jean Petit), the era's most important bookseller and publisher.

He was also the author of numerous pieces, amongst which are a life of Thomas a Kempis and a satire on the follies of women entitled ''Navicula Stultarum Mulierum''.{{sfnp|''EB''|1911}}

Badius died in 1535.{{sfnp|''EB''|1878}} His epitaph was written by his grandson Henry Stephanus.{{sfnp|''EB''|1878}} His work was continued by his 2nd son, Conrad.{{citation needed|date=November 2015}} After Conrad confessed to being a Huguenot, he was forced to flee to Calvinist Geneva in 1549.{{citation needed|date=November 2015}}

==Gallery== <gallery> Image:Prelum Atcensianum.jpg|Another woodcut printer's mark of the ''Prelum Ascensianum'' ("press of Ascensius") in 1508.{{sfnp|Smith|1901|p=[https://archive.org/details/printingwriting00smituoft/page/n115 72] }} Image:Prelum Ascensianum-monogram--free.jpg|The monogram '''I V A B''' (''Iodocus Van Asche Badius'') in the lower part of the same printer's mark. </gallery>

==See also== * ''Editio princeps''

==References== ===Citations=== {{reflist|30em}}

==Bibliography== <!--Primary works--> * {{citation |last=Badius |first=Jodocus |title=Praenotamenta to the Commedies of Terence |date=1502 |editor-last=White |editor-first=Paul |ref={{harvid|White}} }}. <!--Reference works--> * {{cite EB9 |mode=cs2 |wstitle=Jodocus Badius |volume=3 |ref={{harvid|EB|1878}} |page=228 }} * {{cite EB1911 |mode=cs2 |wstitle=Badius, Jodocus |volume=3 |ref={{harvid|EB|1911}} |page=189 }} <!--Secondary sources--> * {{cite book|last=Renouard|first=Ph.|author-link=Philippe Renouard|title=Bibliographie des impressions et des œuvres de Josse Badius Ascensius imprimeur et humaniste, 1462-1535|language=French|volume=3 vols.|publication-place=Paris|publisher=Ém. Paul et fils et Guillemin|publication-date=1908}} * {{citation |first=A.M. |last=Smith |title=Printing and Writing Materials |location=Philadelphia |date=1901 }} * {{citation |last=Renouard |first=Philippe |author-link=Philippe Renouard |title=Imprimeurs & Libraires Parisiens du XVI<sup>e</sup> Siècle |volume=II |location=Paris |date=1969 |language=fr}}

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