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The Apparatus Criticus of the Culex
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To Mr Ellis the Vaticanus is merely one of his sixteen mss. In his apparatus criticus he leaves many of its chief readings unrecorded; in the table prefixed he excludes it, as he also excludes the Corsinianus, from his list of the five best codices (four of which are negligible); and in a preface of ten pages he finds no occasion even to mention it. So far is he from perceiving its relationship to the Vossianus that in places where the two mss give the same lection he often quotes them as separate authorities and often quotes Voss. Without quoting Vat.; While at u. 214 he prints em in his text because Voss. Has et, though Vat. Like all other mss has e. Yet the relationship is so manifest that in proceeding to demonstrate it-one is even embarrassed by the wealth of proof.
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To Mr Ellis the Vaticanus is merely one of his sixteen mss. In his apparatus criticus he leaves many of its chief readings unrecorded; in the table prefixed he excludes it, as he also excludes the Corsinianus, from his list of the five best codices (four of which are negligible); and in a preface of ten pages he finds no occasion even to mention it. So far is he from perceiving its relationship to the Vossianus that in places where the two mss give the same lection he often quotes them as separate authorities and often quotes Voss. Without quoting Vat.; While at u. 214 he prints em in his text because Voss. Has et, though Vat. Like all other mss has e. Yet the relationship is so manifest that in proceeding to demonstrate it-one is even embarrassed by the wealth of proof.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Published November 18, 2017
About the author
A.E. Housman
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A Shropshire Lad
(1896) and
Last Poems
(1922) apparently published works of British poet and scholar Alfred Edward Housman, brother of Laurence Housman and Clemence Housman.
To his fellow noted classicists, his critical editing of Manilius earned him enduring fame.
The eldest of seven children and a gifted student, Housman won a scholarship to Oxford, where he performed well but for various reasons neglected philosophy and ancient history subjects that failed to pique his interest and consequently failed to gain a degree. Frustrated, he gained at job as a patent clerk but continued his research in the classical studies and published a variety of well-regarded papers. After a decade with such his reputation, he ably obtain a position at University College London in 1902. In 1911, he took the Kennedy professorship of Latin at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he remained for the rest of his life.
As a scholar, Housman concentrated on Latin. He published a five-volume critical edition, the definitive text, of his work on " Astronomica " of Manilus from 1903 to 1930. Housman the poet produced lyrics that express a Romantic pessimism in a spare, simple style. In some of the asperity and directness in lyrics and also scholarship, Housman defended common sense with a sarcastic wit that helped to make him widely feared.
There are several biographies of Housman, and a The Housman Society http://www.housman-society.co.uk/
To his fellow noted classicists, his critical editing of Manilius earned him enduring fame.
The eldest of seven children and a gifted student, Housman won a scholarship to Oxford, where he performed well but for various reasons neglected philosophy and ancient history subjects that failed to pique his interest and consequently failed to gain a degree. Frustrated, he gained at job as a patent clerk but continued his research in the classical studies and published a variety of well-regarded papers. After a decade with such his reputation, he ably obtain a position at University College London in 1902. In 1911, he took the Kennedy professorship of Latin at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he remained for the rest of his life.
As a scholar, Housman concentrated on Latin. He published a five-volume critical edition, the definitive text, of his work on " Astronomica " of Manilus from 1903 to 1930. Housman the poet produced lyrics that express a Romantic pessimism in a spare, simple style. In some of the asperity and directness in lyrics and also scholarship, Housman defended common sense with a sarcastic wit that helped to make him widely feared.
There are several biographies of Housman, and a The Housman Society http://www.housman-society.co.uk/
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