The textual tradition of Plato's Timaeus and Critias / by Gijsbert Jonkers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jonkers, Gijsbert, author.

Series:

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; v. 400.

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plato. Timaeus.

Plato.

Plato. Critias.

Plato--Manuscripts.

Critias (Plato).

Timaeus (Plato).

Manuscripts.

Genre:

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

xvii, 548 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017.

Summary:

In The Textual Tradition of Plato's Timaeus and Critias, Gijsbert Jonkers provides new insights into the extant ancient and medieval evidence for the text of both Platonic dialogues. The discussions are set in the broader context of examinations in recent decades of the textual traditions of other individual Platonic works. Particularly the vast collection of testimonia of the Timaeus, one of Plato's most read, interpreted and discussed dialogues of all times, will be of interest for students of ancient philosophy, science and philology. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction and method of research

Status quaestionis

The Greek direct tradition

Description of manuscripts

The primary manuscripts of the Timaeus

The relationship of the primary manuscripts

The individual primary manuscripts

The secondary manuscripts of the Timaeus

The manuscripts of the Critias

The first printed editions of the Timaeus and Critias

Two papyrus fragments

The indirect tradition of the Timaeus and Critias

The Greek, Latin, Armenian and Arabic tradition

Index testimoniorum

Index auctorum Platonis Timaeum vel Critiam laudantium.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Jonkers, Gijsbert, author. Textual tradition of Plato's Timaeus and Critias

ISBN:

9789004325913

9004325913

OCLC:

958498001