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The Manuscript Tradition of Propertius by The Estate of James Butrica, is a literary studies available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Manuscript Tradition of Propertius about?
The elegist Sextus Propertius (ca 50–ca 16 BC) is generally reckoned among the most difficult of Latin authors. At the root of this difficulty lies a deeply corrupt text and uncertainty over the manuscript transmission; moreover, the manuscripts used in the standard editions of today have been selected without a comprehensive examination of the surviving copies. This study, the fullest survey of the manuscripts so far, considers the affiliation of more than 140 complete or partial witnesses and
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- The Estate of James Butrica,
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Published
- 1984
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781442651142
- Category
- literary studies
- Subjects
- Language Learning, Poetry, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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