Bulletin of the John Rylands Library 99/1 - The Aldine Edition of Ancient Greek Epistolographers: Roots Legacy

This special issue of the Bulletin of the John Rylands Library is devoted to the Aldine edition of the Ancient Greek epistolographers. Published in Venice in 1499 by Aldus Manutius, the Aldine edition was the first printed edition of most of the thirty-six Greek letter collections that it contains. As such, it embodies the intersection between the medieval epistolary anthologies that predated it and the printed editions of Greek epistolographic collections that followed, which were primarily based on its text. In recent decades, the Aldien edition has been the subject of important works, which have sought to analyse its contents and sources. This issue explores the Aldine edition from three perspectives: its relationship to the epistolary collections found in medieval manuscripts, its relationship to the printed editions that followed it and its legacy and value for the modern scholar studying Ancient Greek epistolography.

About the author

Julene Abad Del Vecchio is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Manchester

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• Authors: Julene Abad Del Vecchio
• Assisted by: Julene Abad Del Vecchio (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.12.2023
• EAN: 9781526174710
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-7471-0
• No. of pages: 104
• Subjects: Education and learning > Miscellaneous; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Latin, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading, Theology, Christian theology, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, European history: Renaissance, Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600, HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance, publishing industry, Biblical Greek, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Ancient Languages