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Cicero's Brutus Edition, Textual Commentary, and Study of the Transmission

Thomas, Douglas R.
Innbundet / 2024 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780198883944
Publisert
2024
Utgiver
Oxford University Press
Vekt
582 gr
Høyde
223 mm
Bredde
143 mm
Dybde
25 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
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Product language
Engelsk
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Innbundet
Antall sider
368

Forfatter
Thomas, Douglas R.

Biografisk notat

Douglas R. Thomas completed a BA and an MPhil in Classics at Girton College, Cambridge, with an MPhil thesis on the textual tradition of Ambrose's De Mysteriis and De Sacramentis. In 2021, he completed DPhil at Trinity College, Oxford, with a thesis on the text and transmission of Cicero's Brutus.

Cicero's Brutus Edition, Textual Commentary, and Study of the Transmission

Thomas, Douglas R.
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Thomas (independent scholar) has produced a comprehensive edition of Cicero's Brutus, an immensely important work for the understanding of Roman oratory during the Republic. The work is also a valuable document for Roman history since it includes discussions of over 200 Roman orators, many of whom are otherwise poorly known. Surprisingly, Thomas's work is the first comprehensive study of the 107 extant manuscripts of this text.This is highly technical work, and many readers may shy away from it; they do so at their own risk. Thomas provides many valuable insights into not only the text of the Brutus but also the transmission of ancient works in general.

M. J. Johnson, Choice

An impressive debut, showing an assured grasp of a wide range of materials. Thomas's text becomes the new standard, displacing Malcovati.

Andrew R. Dyck, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

..the book represents a truly extraordinary debut in the field of textual history and criticism..

Robert A. Kaster, The Classical Review

Cicero's Brutus is a history of Roman oratory, in the form of a dialogue between Cicero, Atticus, and the eponymous Brutus. This new edition by Douglas R. Thomas presents the first comprehensive study of the transmission of the text, a critical edition of the Latin text, and a textual commentary. The first part of the book presents the study of the manuscript tradition, employng the stemmatic method to establish the relationships between all 107 extant manuscripts of Brutus, and demonstrating that the stemma has three independent branches in the first part of the text and four in the second. The study also shows that the ninth-century Cremona fragment is part of the long-lost archetype, the Codex Laudensis, and that F, the manuscript copied by Niccolò Niccoli, is the source of the majority of the tradition. Brief descriptions are provided of the manuscripts in a catalogue. The second part of the volume presents a new edition of Brutus with critical apparatus, based on the study of the text's transmission. Each textual problem is considered afresh and careful attention is paid to historical evidence and Ciceronian style. The edition is followed by a detailed textual commentary, which discusses a range of significant textual problems.
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This new edition of Cicero's Brutus by Douglas R. Thomas presents the first comprehensive study of the transmission of the text drawing on detailed stemmatic research, a new critical edition of the Latin text, and a textual commentary which discusses a range of significant textual problems.
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Introduction Part One: The Transmission of Brutus 1: The Cremona Fragment 2: A New Stemma 3: A Textual History of Cicero's Brutus Part Two: Text and Commentary Sigla BRUTUS Commentary Appendix 1: The Manuscripts and Fifteenth-Century Editions of Brutus Appendix 2: The Descendants of ρ and B Appendix 3: The Descendants of F Appendix 4: Alphabetical List of Sigla
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Douglas R. Thomas completed a BA and an MPhil in Classics at Girton College, Cambridge, with an MPhil thesis on the textual tradition of Ambrose's De Mysteriis and De Sacramentis. In 2021, he completed DPhil at Trinity College, Oxford, with a thesis on the text and transmission of Cicero's Brutus.
Les mer
First comprehensive study of the textual tradition of Brutus Sheds light on how newly discovered Latin texts were dispersed across Italy in the Renaissance, and on the relationships between Italian humanists First new critical edition of the Latin text of Brutus in over fifty years Includes a detailed textual commentary
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Thomas (independent scholar) has produced a comprehensive edition of Cicero's Brutus, an immensely important work for the understanding of Roman oratory during the Republic. The work is also a valuable document for Roman history since it includes discussions of over 200 Roman orators, many of whom are otherwise poorly known. Surprisingly, Thomas's work is the first comprehensive study of the 107 extant manuscripts of this text.This is highly technical work, and many readers may shy away from it; they do so at their own risk. Thomas provides many valuable insights into not only the text of the Brutus but also the transmission of ancient works in general.

M. J. Johnson, Choice

An impressive debut, showing an assured grasp of a wide range of materials. Thomas's text becomes the new standard, displacing Malcovati.

Andrew R. Dyck, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

..the book represents a truly extraordinary debut in the field of textual history and criticism..

Robert A. Kaster, The Classical Review

Cicero's Brutus is a history of Roman oratory, in the form of a dialogue between Cicero, Atticus, and the eponymous Brutus. This new edition by Douglas R. Thomas presents the first comprehensive study of the transmission of the text, a critical edition of the Latin text, and a textual commentary. The first part of the book presents the study of the manuscript tradition, employng the stemmatic method to establish the relationships between all 107 extant manuscripts of Brutus, and demonstrating that the stemma has three independent branches in the first part of the text and four in the second. The study also shows that the ninth-century Cremona fragment is part of the long-lost archetype, the Codex Laudensis, and that F, the manuscript copied by Niccolò Niccoli, is the source of the majority of the tradition. Brief descriptions are provided of the manuscripts in a catalogue. The second part of the volume presents a new edition of Brutus with critical apparatus, based on the study of the text's transmission. Each textual problem is considered afresh and careful attention is paid to historical evidence and Ciceronian style. The edition is followed by a detailed textual commentary, which discusses a range of significant textual problems.
Les mer
This new edition of Cicero's Brutus by Douglas R. Thomas presents the first comprehensive study of the transmission of the text drawing on detailed stemmatic research, a new critical edition of the Latin text, and a textual commentary which discusses a range of significant textual problems.
Les mer
Introduction Part One: The Transmission of Brutus 1: The Cremona Fragment 2: A New Stemma 3: A Textual History of Cicero's Brutus Part Two: Text and Commentary Sigla BRUTUS Commentary Appendix 1: The Manuscripts and Fifteenth-Century Editions of Brutus Appendix 2: The Descendants of ρ and B Appendix 3: The Descendants of F Appendix 4: Alphabetical List of Sigla
Les mer
Douglas R. Thomas completed a BA and an MPhil in Classics at Girton College, Cambridge, with an MPhil thesis on the textual tradition of Ambrose's De Mysteriis and De Sacramentis. In 2021, he completed DPhil at Trinity College, Oxford, with a thesis on the text and transmission of Cicero's Brutus.
Les mer
First comprehensive study of the textual tradition of Brutus Sheds light on how newly discovered Latin texts were dispersed across Italy in the Renaissance, and on the relationships between Italian humanists First new critical edition of the Latin text of Brutus in over fifty years Includes a detailed textual commentary
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780198883944
Publisert
2024
Utgiver
Oxford University Press
Vekt
582 gr
Høyde
223 mm
Bredde
143 mm
Dybde
25 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
368

Forfatter
Thomas, Douglas R.

Biografisk notat

Douglas R. Thomas completed a BA and an MPhil in Classics at Girton College, Cambridge, with an MPhil thesis on the textual tradition of Ambrose's De Mysteriis and De Sacramentis. In 2021, he completed DPhil at Trinity College, Oxford, with a thesis on the text and transmission of Cicero's Brutus.

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