Cesti : the extant fragments / edited by Martin Wallraff ... [et al.] ; translated by William Adler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Africanus, Iulius.

Contributor:

Wallraff, Martin.

Adler, William.

Series:

Griechischen christlichen Schriftsteller der ersten drei Jahrhunderte ; n.F., Bd. 18.

Griechischen christlichen Schriftsteller der ersten Jahrhunderte, 0232-2900 ; n.F., Bd. 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Africanus, Sextus Julius. Kestoi.

Africanus, Sextus Julius.

Magic--Early works to 1800.

Magic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (356 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : De Gruyter, 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Iulius Africanus (3rd cent.) is a fascinating writer in a period of transition. Widely travelled, he belongs to the intellectual élite of the second sophistic. His two main works present a similar encyclopedic approach, but very different contents. He can be considered the "father of Christian chronography", since he authored the first Christian world chronicle (Chronographiae). However, he also wrote a comprehensive and multifaceted manual of many fields of knowledge, where the religious character is open to debate. The preserved fragments of the Cesti treat military, technical, medical and many other topics. These texts are presented in an entirely new critical edition. The transmission of the texts as well as questions of authenticity are highly complex. Compared to the previous edition (Vieillefond 1970), considerable progress has been reached in terms of both, quantity and quality of the material. Hitherto unknown texts have been included, and in the case of dubious authorship all necessary information is provided for a realistic picture of the transmission. In the introduction, all relevant channels of transmission are discussed. The edition is accompanied by notes and a new English translation.

Contents:

Front matter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

IULIUS AFRICANUS CESTI

Testimonia on General Aspects of the Cesti

Michael Psellus as a Critical Reader of the Cesti

Material in Direct Transmission

Material from Military Literature

Material from Hippiatric Literature

Material from Metrological Literature

Material from Agricultural Literature

Material from Alchemical Literature

Material from Medical Literature

Material from Other Sources

INDEXES

Figures

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613941039

1-283-62858-9

3-11-028680-7

OCLC:

811964431