Das Nürnberger Fragment und die karolingische Überlieferung der „Historia Augusta“
Lukas J. Dorfbauer
The present article provides a full description of the little known 9<sup>th</sup> century Nuremberg fragment “Historia Augusta” (Stadtbibliothek Fragm. lat. 7) as well an extensive discussion work’s Carolingian manuscript tradition. It is demonstrated 1.) that most probably remnant volume from former library Murbach (= M) which was used by Erasmus and Froben for their edition 1518, 2.) M, excerpts preserved in Vatican Pal. 886 Π), also 899 P), our important witness to text, go back independently common exemplar, 3.) Sedulius Scottus († ca. 875) culled extracts his „Collectaneum miscellaneum“ P, typical excerption signs are still visible. Due its close kinship copy did no means contain version different P or even more original than has been variously claimed recent years.
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