David Butterfield

The Early Textual History of Lucretius' de Rerum Natura

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Surveys the first millennium in the circulation of Lucretius' De rerum natura, analysing its ancient readers, annotators, scribes and owners.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 137mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9781107037458
• ISBN-10: 110703745X
• Artikelnr.: 38613094

Autorenporträt

David Butterfield is a Fellow of Queens' College and Lecturer in Classics at the University of Cambridge.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
1. A sketch of the extant Lucretian manuscripts
2. The indirect tradition of Lucretius
3. The capitula of DRN
4. The correcting hands of O
5. The marginal annotations of Q1
Conclusion
Appendix 1. Capitula Lucretiana
Appendix 2. Apparatus fontium Lucreti (ante a.d. millesimum)
Appendix 3. The corrections and annotations of O
Appendix 4. The foliation of the Lucretian archetype
Appendix 5. The fate of OQS in the early modern period.