9781390037029 - De Libris Terentianis, Quae Ad Recensionem Calliopianam Redeunt: Dissertatio Inauguralis Quam Ad Summos in Philosophia Honores Capessendos Amplissimo Augustae Class... (1 results)

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book analyzes the origins and evolution of Calliopius's recension of Terence's plays, which greatly influenced their textual transmission through the Middle Ages and Renaissance. The author argues that Calliopius created his recension, diverging from earlier editions, not by directly amending a manuscript of the plays but by consulting a commentary on them by the grammarian Donatus. The author demonstrates that readings unique to Calliopius's recension often align with lemmata in Donatus's commentary or with Donatus's own textual interpretations, suggesting that Calliopius drew on this commentary to make many of his emendations. By tracing the influence of Donatus's commentary on Calliopius's recension, this book sheds new light on the complex process of textual transmission in the ancient world and the ways in which classical texts were preserved and transformed over time. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.