Studies on the Text of Macrobius' Saturnalia

This monograph, a companion to a new edition of Macrobius' Saturnalia, surveys the early medieval transmission of the text, provides the first detailed stemma of the extant manuscripts, and discusses some of the nearly 300 passages in which the new text differs from the standard edition of James Willis.

List of contents

• Table of Contents


• Preface


• 1.: The Medieval Manuscript Tradition of Macrobius' Saturnalia


• 2.: Macrobiana


• 3.: The Author as Copyist


• Appendix 1: Other Manuscripts


• Appendix 2: P and Other Problems


• Appendix 3: Conspectus editionum


• Bibliography


• Notes

About the author

Professor of Classics and Kennedy Foundation Professor of Latin at Princeton University.

Summary

This monograph, a companion to a new edition of Macrobius' Saturnalia, surveys the early medieval transmission of the text, provides the first detailed stemma of the extant manuscripts, and discusses some of the nearly 300 passages in which the new text differs from the standard edition of James Willis.

Additional text

The tome is a model of concision and clarity, whose brisk style lightens the load of this technical material. Anyone interested in Kaster's new text will need to consult these studies.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Kaster, Robert (Professor of Classics and Kennedy Foundation Professor of Latin Kaster, Robert A Kaster, Robert A. Kaster
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 27.10.2010, delayed
• EAN: 9780199751365
• ISBN: 978-0-19-975136-5
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Society for Classical Studies American Classical Studies; Society for Classical Studies
• Subjects: Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies