| A Textual History of Cicero's Academici Libri: Contributor(s): Hunt, David J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004109706 ISBN-13: 9789004109704 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $227.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 1998 Annotation: This book addresses the problems surrounding Cicero's "Academici Libri, including why the work exists in two different editions, why and when the work became fragmentary, and how it managed to survive. It achieves this by tracing the history and influence of the work from Antiquity to the present day. The main part of the book studies the manuscript tradition of the work. All extant manuscripts are fully described and their textual relationships are established. Historical information is assessed in order to show the part which manuscripts played in intellectual life, conclusions are reached on the archetype of the work and a full stemma of the tradition is built. The book contains a wealth of bibliographical information and will serve as a base for further study in the transmission of Cicero's works. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical - Architecture | Interior Design - General - History | Ancient - General |
| Dewey: 186.2 |
| LCCN: 98017524 |
| Series: Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava |
| Physical Information: 1.09" H x 6.38" W x 9.56" (1.73 lbs) 364 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book addresses the problems surrounding Cicero's Academici Libri, including why the work exists in two different editions, why and when the work became fragmentary, and how it managed to survive. It achieves this by tracing the history and influence of the work from Antiquity to the present day. The main part of the book studies the manuscript tradition of the work. All extant manuscripts are fully described and their textual relationships are established. Historical information is assessed in order to show the part which manuscripts played in intellectual life, conclusions are reached on the archetype of the work and a full stemma of the tradition is built. The book contains a wealth of bibliographical information and will serve as a base for further study in the transmission of Cicero's works. |