Editing Aldus Manutius (section)

==Modern influence==
1994 marked the 500th anniversary of Aldus Manutius's first publication. On Manutius, Paul F. Grendler wrote, "Aldus ensured the survival of a large number of ancient texts and greatly facilitated the diffusion of the values, enthusiasms, and scholarship of Italian Renaissance Humanism to the rest of Europe". "He jettisoned commentary because he felt that it prevented the dialogue between author and reader that the Renaissance prized."{{sfn|Grendler|1984|pp=22–24}}

===Legacy===
The Aldine Press produced more than 100 editions from 1495 to 1505. The majority were Greek classics, but many notable Latin and Italian works were published as well.{{sfn|Olin|1994|p=45}} Aldus often produced small-format editions that were cheap and sold readily. These inexpensive books—the first paperbacks—were, as ever, a boon to scholars.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Murray |first=Stuart |title=The Library: An Illustrated History |publisher=Skyhorse Publishing |year=2009 |pages=74}}</ref>

Erasmus was impressed by Manutius; "in a long passage he extols the 'tireless efforts' of Manutius in restoring ancient learning, truly 'a Herculean task,' and he announces that 'Aldus is building up a library which has no other limits than the world itself'."{{sfn|Olin|1994|p=47}}

The Palazzo dei Pio chapel in Carpi has a painted mural that includes Aldus Manutius along with Alberto and Leonello Pio.{{sfn|Clemons|Fletcher|2015|p=320}} In Bassiano, Manutius's birthplace, a monument was erected to commemorate the 450th year since Manutius's death. The inscription is Manutius's own words: "for the abundance of good books which, we hope, will finally put to flight all ignorance."{{sfn|Barolini|1992|pp=15–16}}

The quality and popularity of Manutius's work made it more expensive in the 20th century than others published around the same time. In 1991, Martin Lowry found that an auction in New York took place where "initial prices of $6,000–$8,000 and $8,000–$12,000 were quotes on copies of ''Decor Puellarum'' and ''Aulus Gellius'' in Jenson's editions: Aldus' ''Hypnerotomachia Polifili'' started at $25,000–$30,000."{{sfn|Lowry|1991|p=137}}

=== In popular culture ===
* Manutius's name is the inspiration for Progetto Manuzio, an [[Italian language|Italian]] free text project similar to [[Project Gutenberg]].{{sfn|Manuzio|2018}} 
* A typeface created by [[Hermann Zapf]] was named after Aldus Manutius and dedicated to his memory.{{sfn|TYPE GALLERY – LINOTYPE ALDUS|2018}}
* The novel ''[[Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore]]'' by [[Robin Sloan]] features a fictionalized version of Aldus Manutius, as well as a fictional [[secret society]] devoted to him. One of the novel's characters, Griffo Gerritszoon, designs a fictitious font called "Gerritszoon" that is preinstalled on every Mac, in allusion to Manutius's associate [[Francesco Griffo]], the designer of italic type. The Aldine Press' motto ''festina lente'' is used as the name of the fictional corporation that owns and markets the "Gerritszoon" font.{{sfn|Sais}}
* The [[Aldus Corporation]], a software company founded in Seattle in 1985 known for [[PageMaker]] and [[Adobe FreeHand|FreeHand]], was named after Manutius and used his profile as part of their company logo. Aldus was purchased by [[Adobe Systems]] in 1994.{{sfn|Friedlander|2009}}
* The ''Aldus Journal of Translation'', a publication from [[Brown University]], is named after Aldus Manutius.{{sfn|Student Publications Spotlight: Aldus Journal of Translation|2016}} 
* The book ''John Henry Nash: The Aldus of San Francisco'' relates [[John Henry Nash (printer)|John Nash]] to Aldus Manutius and San Francisco to Venice.{{sfn|O'day|1928}} 
* "Manuzio" ("Manutius" in the English translation) is the name of a [[vanity publisher]] in [[Umberto Eco|Umberto Eco's]] 1988 novel ''[[Foucault's Pendulum]]''.{{sfn|Eco|1989}}
* [[Anne Carson]] referenced Manutius while meditating on the poetic connotations of the semicolon in her Northrop Frye lecture on "Stillness" at the University of Toronto's The Centre for Comparative Literature.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKD8S9pQcJo | title=Anne Carson's Public Lecture: "Stillness", Centre for Comparative Literature | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref>