Abstract
This paper offers a survey of the Carolingian tradition of the ‘Liber medicinalis’ of Quintus Serenus, concentrating on the B family, which was the vulgate text in the 9th c. Examination of the variants and its place in the tradition, as shown in the principal MS of the B family (Leiden, Voss. lat. Q. 33) reveals editorial activity designed to emend the more problematic verses. In addition a fragment from Tours is studied for the first time in relation to the rest of the tradition; it is transmitted in a ‘computus’ miscellany (Paris, BnF, nouv. acq. lat. 1613), which shows many signs that part of the material collected there is of north-Italian origin (inscriptions and Ausonius’ ‘Caesares’), probably from the late 8th or early 9th c.
| Translated title of the contribution | [Autom. eng. transl.] The Carolingian tradition of Quinto Sereno's 'Liber medicinalis': hypothesis for the origin of the B family |
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| Original language | Italian |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-46 |
| Number of pages | 46 |
| Journal | ITALIA MEDIOEVALE E UMANISTICA |
| Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Keywords
- Ausonius
- Carolingian Manuscripts and Libraries
- Classical Philology
- Codicology of Medieval Manuscripts
- Medieval Epigraphy
- Palaeography
- Quintus Serenus
- Text Transmission