Cesti [[electronic resource] ] : the extant fragments / / edited by Martin Wallraff ... [et al.] ; translated by William Adler

• Autore: Africanus Iulius
• Pubblicazione: Berlin, : De Gruyter, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (356 p.)
• Disciplina: 230
• Soggetto topico: Magic
• Soggetto non controllato: Culture of the Imperial Age; History of Science; Iulius Africanus; Magic; Second Sophistic
• Classificazione: NH 6850
• Altri autori: WallraffMartin AdlerWilliam
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- IULIUS AFRICANUS CESTI -- Testimonia on General Aspects of the Cesti -- Michael Psellus as a Critical Reader of the Cesti -- Material in Direct Transmission -- Material from Military Literature -- Material from Hippiatric Literature -- Material from Metrological Literature -- Material from Agricultural Literature -- Material from Alchemical Literature -- Material from Medical Literature -- Material from Other Sources -- INDEXES -- Figures
• Sommario/riassunto: Iulius Africanus (3rd cent.) is a fascinating writer in a period of transition. Widely travelled, he belongs to the intellectual élite of the second sophistic. His two main works present a similar encyclopedic approach, but very different contents. He can be considered the "father of Christian chronography", since he authored the first Christian world chronicle (Chronographiae). However, he also wrote a comprehensive and multifaceted manual of many fields of knowledge, where the religious character is open to debate. The preserved fragments of the Cesti treat military, technical, medical and many other topics. These texts are presented in an entirely new critical edition. The transmission of the texts as well as questions of authenticity are highly complex. Compared to the previous edition (Vieillefond 1970), considerable progress has been reached in terms of both, quantity and quality of the material. Hitherto unknown texts have been included, and in the case of dubious authorship all necessary information is provided for a realistic picture of the transmission. In the introduction, all relevant channels of transmission are discussed. The edition is accompanied by notes and a new English translation.
• Titolo autorizzato: Cesti
• ISBN: 9786613941039; 1-283-62858-9; 3-11-028680-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826840203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Griechischen christlichen Schriftsteller der ersten drei Jahrhunderte ; ; n.F., Bd. 18.