Author: E. P. Crowell

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-10-10

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 9781333904500

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Excerpt from The Andria and Adelphoe of Terence: With Notes The more ancient mss. Of Terence, except one, bear the subscription of Calliopius, and are none of them earlier than the ninth century. That one, now in the Vatican Library, by far the oldest and best, though the first 785 lines 'of the Andria are lost, belongs to the fifth century, was once in the possession of the Cardinal Pietro Bembo of Venice, and is called the Bembine. Of a col lation of this ms. By Petrus Victorius, now in the Royal Library at Munich, Fleckeisen availed himself in the preparation of his text published in the Teubner series of classics in 1857; and this text is adopted in the present edition of the Andria and Adelphos. With it, however, has been carefully compared the edition of Francis Umpfenbach, Berlin, 1870, which contains exact colla tions of all the important mss., and furnishes the most complete critical apparatus which has yet appeared. The more important various readings are mentioned in the Notes, and in a very few instances only a different reading has been preferred to that of Fleckeisen. The comedies of Terence, in comparison with those of Plautus, stand in very little need of expurgation; and. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Andria and Adelphoe of Terence written by E. P. Crowell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-10 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Andria and Adelphoe of Terence: With Notes The more ancient mss. Of Terence, except one, bear the subscription of Calliopius, and are none of them earlier than the ninth century. That one, now in the Vatican Library, by far the oldest and best, though the first 785 lines 'of the Andria are lost, belongs to the fifth century, was once in the possession of the Cardinal Pietro Bembo of Venice, and is called the Bembine. Of a col lation of this ms. By Petrus Victorius, now in the Royal Library at Munich, Fleckeisen availed himself in the preparation of his text published in the Teubner series of classics in 1857; and this text is adopted in the present edition of the Andria and Adelphos. With it, however, has been carefully compared the edition of Francis Umpfenbach, Berlin, 1870, which contains exact colla tions of all the important mss., and furnishes the most complete critical apparatus which has yet appeared. The more important various readings are mentioned in the Notes, and in a very few instances only a different reading has been preferred to that of Fleckeisen. The comedies of Terence, in comparison with those of Plautus, stand in very little need of expurgation; and. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.