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TSM ----- Original Message ----- From: "Helen Conrad-O'Briain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 11:07 AM Subject: Re: VIRGIL: new(ish) book on early printed Virgil eds. > Looks very interesting! How would one go about ordering it? > Helen COB > On Monday, February 11, 2002, at 06:05 PM, David Wilson-Okamura wrote: > > > As most of you know, the listowner frowns on the use of this list for > > commercial announcements, but smiles on notices like the following, > > which > > isn't going to make a dime for anyone but which _is_ of direct interest > > to > > the members of this group: > > > > Matteo Venier, _Per una storia del testo di Virgilio nella prima eta\ > > del > > libro a stampa (1469-1519)_ (Udine: Forum, 2001). xxii+158 pp. > > > > The book is in Italian, but I give an abbreviated table of contents in > > translation: > > > > Preface > > Bibliographical abbreviations > > > > 1. Observations on the manuscript tradition in the 14th and 15th > > centuries > > - Codices examined > > - The "humanistic vulgate" > > - MSS. with interpolations drawn from Servius > > - MSS. copied from printed editions > > > > 2. Editions in print in the 15th century > > - The editio princeps edited by Giovanni Andrea Bussi > > - The Mentelin edition > > - Editions derived from the first Roman printing > > - The edition of Vindelinus de Spira and its progeny > > - The second Roman printing: the Medici codex and the Pomponia variants > > - The editions of Leonardus Achates > > > > 3. Virgil editions, 1500-1520 > > - The first Aldine > > - The second Aldine > > - The edition of Giovanni Battista Egnazio > > - The Giunt edition edited by Benedetto Riccardini > > - The third Aldine and some observations on the formation of a system of > > punctuation > > - Conclusions > > - Stemma of editions > > > > Appendix I: Corrections to the app. crit. in current editions (Ribbeck, > > Mynors, Geymonat) > > Appendix II: On discrepancies between the first and second Giunt > > editions > > > > Conspectus siglorum > > Index of manuscripts > > Index of Virgil editions > > Index of names > > > > I only received this on Friday, and haven't done much with it yet. I can > > say a few things: > > > > - The book is well made, pleasing to read and pleasing to hold. > > - The treatment is exhaustive, but not exhausting. > > - It complements and builds on the bibliographical studies of Davies, > > Goldfinch, and Kallendorf; ideally, this book should be read in tandem > > with Kallendorf's most recent monograph, on _Virgil and the Myth of > > Venice_. > > - It offers a detailed picture, not only of how the first printed > > Virgils > > were assembled, but of textual criticism in the first age of print. If > > you're interested in the process of how printers and editors chose their > > copy-texts (whether it be from an unprinted MSS. or from a rival's > > printed > > edition) this is definitely the book for you; a good follow-up, in this > > regard, to Lowry's work on the editorial procedures (as opposed to the > > editorial rhetoric) of Aldus Manutius. > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > David Wilson-Okamura http://virgil.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Macalester College Virgil Tradition: discussion, bibliography, &c. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. > > Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message > > "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You > > can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. > Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message > "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You > can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
