From the 17th century philology, the formula mira varietas lectionum refers to the extraordinary quantity of readings in the tradition of ancient texts; the adjective mirus expresses both the excessive proliferation of readings and, in a more positive sense, the paramount acquisition of knowledge about history and transmission of texts. The study of the mira varietas is a fundamental instrument for editing texts, tracing their circulation in antiquity, inquiring their fortune and reception and finally considering how they are reinterpreted in the modern scholarship. In open access sul sito della BUP - Basilicata University Press.
Premessa [a Mira varietas lectionum]
Cantore R
2021
Abstract
From the 17th century philology, the formula mira varietas lectionum refers to the extraordinary quantity of readings in the tradition of ancient texts; the adjective mirus expresses both the excessive proliferation of readings and, in a more positive sense, the paramount acquisition of knowledge about history and transmission of texts. The study of the mira varietas is a fundamental instrument for editing texts, tracing their circulation in antiquity, inquiring their fortune and reception and finally considering how they are reinterpreted in the modern scholarship. In open access sul sito della BUP - Basilicata University Press.File in questo prodotto:
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