Exemplary reading : printed Renaissance commentaries on Valerius Maximus (1470-1600) / Marijke Crab.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crab, Marijke, author.

Series:

Scientia universalis. Studien zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte der Vormoderne ; Abteilung I, Bd. 2.

Scientia universalis. Abteilung I, Studien zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte der Vormoderne ; Band 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Valerius Maximus--Criticism and interpretation.

Valerius Maximus.

Valerius Maximus. Factorum et dictorum memorabilium libri IX.

Valerius Maximus--Appreciation.

Latin literature, Medieval and modern--History and criticism.

Latin literature, Medieval and modern.

Exempla in literature.

Factorum et dictorum memorabilium libri IX (Valerius Maximus).

Art appreciation.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

x, 317 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Zürich : Lit, [2015]

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Valerius Maximus in the Renaissance

2. Corpus

3. Approach, research questions and structural outline

4. Notes to the reader

ch. 1 Dionigi Da Borgo San Sepolcro (1317

1342 / 1475)

1. Introduction

2. Life and works of Dionigi da Borgo San Sepolcro

3. Valerius Maximus in early fourteenth-century Avignon and Naples

3.1. Petrarch

3.2. Boccaccio

4. Dionigi's commentary on Valerius Maximus

4.1. Genesis

4.2. Dedicatory letter

4.3. Between tradition and innovation

4.4. Commentary method, intended readership, nature, content and purpose

4.5. Sources

4.6. Manuscript tradition, printing history and print presentation

4.7. Reception and influence on later commentaries and translations

5. Conclusion

6. Inventory of manuscripts containing Dionigi's commentary

ch. 2 Omnibonus Leonicenus (1482)

2. Life and works of Omnibonus Leonicenus

3. Valerius Maximus in Renaissance education

4. Genesis and authorship of Omnibonus' commentary on Valerius Maximus

4.1. Omnibonus or Pallacinus?

4.2. From recollectae to printed commentary

5. Form and content of Omnibonus' commentary on Valerius Maximus

5.1. Layout

5.2. Nature

5.3. Content

5.4. Purpose

6. Comparison with Guarinus Veronensis' commentary on Valerius Maximus

7. Comparison with Omnibonus' commentaries on other classical authors

8. Conclusion

ch. 3 Oliverius Arzignanensis (1487)

2. Life and works of Oliverius Arzignanensis

3. Genesis of Oliverius' commentary on Valerius Maximus

4. Print presentation and paratexts of Oliverius' commentary on Valerius Maximus

4.1. Compendiosa vita Valerii Maximi

4.2. Dedicatory letter by Oliverius Arzignanensis

4.3. Reply by Petrus de Brutis

5. Nature and content of Oliverius' commentary on Valerius Maximus

5.1. Comparison with Omnibonus' commentary on Valerius Maximus

5.2. Intended readership

5.3. Sources

6. Reception of Oliverius' commentary on Valerius Maximus

7. Conclusion

ch. 4 Theophilus Chalcondyles [1506]

2. Life and works of Theophilus Chalcondyles

3. Printing history, form and content of Theophilus' commentary on Valerius Maximus

3.1. Form and content

3.2. A case study (1.8.ext.7)

3.3. Sources

4. Genesis and authorship of Theophilus' commentary on Valerius Maximus

4.1. Theophilus or Asinus Arcadicus?

4.2. Janus Parrhasius and Alexander Minutianus

4.3. Theophilus' commentary as a vehicle for propaganda and polemic

4.4. Theophilus Chalcondyles or Janus Parrhasius?

ch. 5 Jodocus Badius Ascensius (1510)

2. Life and works of Jodocus Badius Ascensius

3. Genesis, printing history and print presentation of Badius' commentary on Valerius Maximus

4. Nature and content of Badius' commentary on Valerius Maximus

4.1. Layout

4.2. Discourse

4.3. Content

4.4. Sources

5. Comparison with Oliverius' commentary on Valerius Maximus

5.1. Badius and Oliverius: a complementary project

5.2. Badius' commentary on the twenty-four additional exempla

6. Comparison with Badius' commentaries on other classical authors

6.1. Livy (1511, 1513)

6.1. Sallust (1504)

6.3. Lucan (1506)

7. Badius' dedicatory letter to Germain de Ganay

7.1. Intended audience

7.2. Badius' views on Valerius Maximus

ch. 6 Henricus Glareanus (1553)

2. Life and works of Henricus Glareanus

3. Genesis and printing history of Glareanus' commentary on Valerius Maximus

4. Nature and content of Glareanus' commentary on Valerius Maximus

4.2. Dedicatory letter and introduction

4.3. Discourse

4.4. Intended readership

4.5. Content

4.5.1. Chronology, prosopography and genealogy

4.5.2. Textual criticism

4.6. Sources

4.7. Glareanus as a Christian humanist

5. Comparison with Glareanus' commentaries on other classical authors

5.1. Dionysius of Halicarnassus (1532)

5.2. Lucan (1550)

5.3. Eutropius (1559)

6. Conclusion

ch. 7 Aetas Pighiana (1567-1600)

2. Life and works of Stephanus Pighius

3. Genesis and printing history of Pighius' commentary on Valerius Maximus

4. Nature and content of Pighius' commentary on Valerius Maximus

4.1. Dedicatory letter and other paratexts of the 1567 edition

4.1.1. Pighius' views on history and historiography

4.1.2. Pighius' views on Valerius Maximus

4.1.3. Editorial principles

4.2. Letter to the reader and other paratexts of the 1574 edition

4.5. Form and content of Pighius' commentary

4.4. Textual criticism

5. Reception of Pighius' commentary on Valerius Maximus

6. Supplement by Claudius Mitalerius (1576)

6.1. Printing history and print presentation

6.2. Life and works

6.3. Genesis

6.4. Paratexts

6.5. Nature and content

6.6. Reception

7. Supplement by Justus Lipsius (1585)

7.1. Life and works

7.2. Lipsius and Valerius Maximus

7.3. Genesis

7.4. Nature and content

7.5. Textual criticism

7.6. Reception

CONCLUSION: EXEMPLARY READING / READING EXEMPLA

1. Printed Renaissance commentaries on Valerius Maximus (1470-1600): summary

2. Towards a new image of Valerius Maximus?

3. Outcome of Valerius' commentary tradition.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-306) and index.

ISBN:

9783643907264

3643907265

OCLC:

946814471

Publisher Number:

9783643907264