Catalogue of the Mss of Ovid's Metamorphoses
F Munari - Bulletin Supplement (University of London. Institute of …, 1957 - JSTOR
F Munari
Bulletin Supplement (University of London. Institute of Classical Studies), 1957•JSTORThe present Catalogue is probably neither complete nor fully reliable in all minute detailso
The author has done his best to collect all available evidence both for the surviving MSS,
and for those that have disappeared or perished since about the beginning of the last
century 0 It is a sad fact, however, that too many collections are imperfectly explored;
besides, not a few MSS seem still to be owned by private personso Furthermore, several
fragments and excerpts had to be omitted in order to save space0 The main purpose of this …
The author has done his best to collect all available evidence both for the surviving MSS,
and for those that have disappeared or perished since about the beginning of the last
century 0 It is a sad fact, however, that too many collections are imperfectly explored;
besides, not a few MSS seem still to be owned by private personso Furthermore, several
fragments and excerpts had to be omitted in order to save space0 The main purpose of this …
The present Catalogue is probably neither complete nor fully reliable in all minute detailso The author has done his best to collect all available evidence both for the surviving MSS, and for those that have disappeared or perished since about the beginning of the last century 0 It is a sad fact, however, that too many collections are imperfectly explored; besides, not a few MSS seem still to be owned by private personso Furthermore, several fragments and excerpts had to be omitted in order to save space0
The main purpose of this volume is to provide future editors of the Metamorphoses with a tool enabling them to save time and labour in the study of the manuscript tradition,, It is to be hoped however, that vthe information gathered here may prove useful also
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