A Textual History of Cicero's Academici Libri

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This book addresses the problems surrounding Cicero's "Academici Libri," including why the work exists in two different editions, why and when the work became fragmentary, and how it managed to survive. It achieves this by tracing the history and influence of the work from Antiquity to the present day. The main part of the book studies the manuscript tradition of the work. All extant manuscripts are fully described and their textual relationships are established. Historical information is assessed in order to show the part which manuscripts played in intellectual life, conclusions are reached on the archetype of the work and a full stemma of the tradition is built. The book contains a wealth of bibliographical information and will serve as a base for further study in the transmission of Cicero's works. A TEXTUAL HISTORY OF CICERO'S ACADEMICI LIBRI CONTENTS Preface List of Abbreviations Conspectus Siglorum Sigla of Reconstructed Manuscripts Works of Cicero Frequently Cited Publications Plates Introduction PART ONE FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE RENAISSANCE Chapter One: The Problems The Composition The Title Chapter Two: Who Read the Academici Libri? In Antiquity In the Middle Ages In the Renaissance PART TWO THE MANUSCRIPTS Chapter Three: The Evidence for Two Families Chapter Four: Chapter Four: Δ - The French Tradition - The French Tradition The 12th-century Manuscripts 14th-century Extracts from P 15th-century Copies of P 15th-century Copies of Arnst The Stemma of Δ Chapter Five: Г — The Italian Tradition Г and Petrarch The Extant Manuscripts A North-east Italian Branch A Florentine Branch The Relationship of the Italian Branches and the Character of Г Chapter Six: The Archetype The Hyparchetypes Г and Δ The De Finibus and the Academicus Primus The Archetype Chapter Seven: The Deteriores Independent Descendants of Conv North-east Italian Descendants of Conv A Contaminated and Interpolated Group A Contaminated Roman Manuscript The Edition Princeps and its Apographs Esse Malebat Quam Vzderi PART THREE SINCE THE EDITIO PRINCEPS Chapter Eight: The Printed Editions The Diffusion The Text The Format Chapter Nine: Summary and Conclusions When Did the Academici Libri Become Fragmentary? The Re-emergence of the Academicus Primus The Extent of Contamination Plasberg as an Editor Appendices Appendix A: Lost Manuscripts Appendix B: A List of Printed Editions Bibliography Indices Index Locorum Index Auctorum Index Codicum Index Nominum SUPPLEMENTS TO MNEMOSYNE