Quodlibet IV

The Edition of Badius

THE EDITION OF BADIUS The edition of Quodlibet IV in the Badius edition does not seem to reflect the readings of the second university exemplar.For example,if one examines the 43 omissions saut du même au même that were in the second university exemplar,1 one finds that the Badius edition contains these texts which were omitted in the second exemplar.It seems,at least in the case of Quodlibet IV, that the editor Badius consulted only manuscripts copied from the first Parisian university exemplar. Of course, there are times when Badius emends the text of the manuscript models of Quodlibet IV. For example, there are passages in which Henry citesAugustine,and while Henry had access to only thirteenth-century manuscripts, Badius had additional manuscripts and editions which allowed him to print a text which is at times closer to the text of subsequent modern critical editions. 1 Cf. J. Gray and G.A.Wilson,“The Historical Development…,” pp. 170-171. ...