Petrus Mosellanus De schematibus et tropis tabulae (Nuremberg, 1540)

A popular redaction of rhetoric in the Renaissance, this work synthesized Renaissance and classical rhetorical doctrine into a list of figures and definitions. Schema Figura Vitium Virtus Figura dianoias lexeos Lexeos figura dictionis figura locutionis figura constructionis Figura Dictionis (barbarismus / metaplasmus) prosthesis epenthesis (interpositio) proparalepsis (paragoge) apahaeresis (ablatio) syncope (concisio) apocope (abcisio) ectasis (extensio) systole diaeresis (conglutinatio) episynaloephe synaloephe (deletio) ecthlipsis (elisio) antithesis or antistoechon metathesis Figura Locutionis prolepsis zeugma    prozeugma    mesozeugma    hypozeugma hypozeuxis syllepsis anadiplosis anaphora epanalepsis epizeuxis paronomasia schesis onomaton paroemion homoeoteleuton homoeoptoton polyptoton irmus endiadis hypallage prosopopoeia antipophora aposiopesis climax polysyndeton asyndeton antimetabole Figura Constructionis prolepsis zeugma syllepsis evocatio appositio Vitium obscurum inordinatum barbarum Obscurum acyron pleonasmos perissologia tautologia homoeologia amphibologia eclipsis periergia Inordinatum tapinosis cacemphaton cacozelon aschematiston cacosyndeton soraismos Barbarum barbarismus barbaralexis soloecismus Virtus proprietas ornatus Proprietas analogia tasis syntomia Ornatus synthesis cyriologia tropus Tropus metaphora catachresis metalepsis metonymia antonomasia epitheton synecdoche onomatopoeia allegoria    aenigma    paroemia    ironia    sarcasmus    astysmus    mycterismus    antiphrasis    charientismus periphrasis hyperbaton    anastrophe    dialysis    diacope    synchysis    hysteron proteron hyperbole emphasis homoeosis    icon    parabole    paradigma In a final paragraph Mosellanus also briefly mentions, but does not define, a few other tropes: chronographia topographia topothesia aitiologia epanodo[s] catalogo syllogismos apostrophe