Scribes and Scholars: A Guide to the Transmission of Greek and Latin Literature
J. P. Elder|L. D. Reynolds|N. G. Wilson
Part 1 Antiquity: ancient books the library of museum and Hellenistic scholarship other work in Roman Republic developments under early empire archaism second century compendium commentary from roll to codex paganism Christianity 4th subscriptions. 2 The Greek east: literature Empire Christian church classical studies Byzantine period texts Orient Renaissance 9th later period. 3 Latin west: dark ages Ireland England Anglo-Saxon missionaries insular influence on Carolingian revival development Caroline miniscule libraries classics twilight resurgence Monte Cassino 12th-century scholastic age west middle ages. 4 renaissance: humanism first humanists consolidation - Petrarch his generation Coluccio Salutati (1331-1406) great discovery Poggio (1380-1459) 15th Valla Politian diplomats, refugees book collectors Bessarion printed Aldus Manutius Marcus Musurus Erasmus (1469-1536). 5 Some aspects since Renaissance: Counter-Reformation high Italy beginnings France Netherlands 16th 17th centuries Richard Bentley (1662-1742) theological origins paleography discoveries palimpsests, papyri, manuscript discoveries, epigraphic epilogue. 6 Textual criticism: theory textual criticism stemmatic recension limitations method merit individual manuscripts indirect tradition some basic principles corruptions fluid forms transmission technical popular conventions apparatus criticus conclusion.
Classical World