Scribes and Scholars : A Guide to the Transmission of Greek and Latin Literature

from le.vert.galant

Along with music for string quartet and the mathematics of random variables, the transmission and recension of classical texts are of sublime interest to me. Unfortunately, like Peter Cook's would-be judge, I never had the Latin. Thus, this witty, intelligent, sophisticated, and fascinating book ...

from anthonywillard

Scribes and Scholars by L. D. Reynolds and N. G. Wilson is a treatise about the transmission of ancient Greek and Latin literature from the time of its creation until the early nineteenth century. It covers book production, libraries, book collecting, scripts, scrolls, codices, papyrus, parchment...

from Javi_er

A wonderful account of the methods behind the transmission and survival of ancient texts from generation to generation. Fascinating read.

from quondame

This is a textbook aimed at graduate level classics scholars who can read Latin and make their way through Greek. My 3 years of high school Latin and 3 weeks of Greek tutorials aren't up to making any sense of the many passages in those languages, but that does not mean that most of the content o...

from le.vert.galant

Along with music for string quartet and the mathematics of random variables, the transmission and recension of classical texts are of sublime interest to me. Unfortunately, like Peter Cook's would-be judge, I never had the Latin. Thus, this witty, intelligent, sophisticated, and fascinating book ...