Studies in the Textual Tradition of Terence

by John N. Grant

Book Overview

The textual tradition of the Latin dramatist Publius Terentius Afer (second century BC) is unusually rich and complex. Over six hundred manuscripts containing some or all of Terence's six comedies have survived, but only one codex and three small fragments date from antiquity. All the rest were copied in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance when Terence was very popular. Recently scholars have been devoting considerable study to the role of his...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487599226
• ISBN13: 9781487599225
• Release Date: December 1986
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher