The Textual Tradition of Plato's __Timaeus__ and __Critias__

In The Textual Tradition of Plato's Timaeus and Critias, Gijsbert Jonkers presents a new examination of the medieval manuscripts of both Platonic dialogues, an overview of the ancient tradition and a vast collection of ancient testimonia. ‎Contents 5 ‎Preface 9 ‎Notice to the Reader 10 ‎Index Siglorum 12 ‎Stemmata 15 ‎Introduction. Method of Research 19 ‎Part 1. Status Quaestionis 31 ‎Part 2. The Greek Direct Tradition 61 ‎Chapter 1. Description of Manuscripts 63 ‎Chapter 2. The Primary Manuscripts of the Timaeus 109 ‎1. The Relationship of the Primary Manuscripts 109 ‎1.1. Section 1: The Arguments for Primacy 111 ‎1.1.1. A (Parisinus 1807) 111 ‎1.1.2. V (Vindobonensis phil. gr. 337) 114 ‎1.1.3. F (Vindobonensis suppl. gr. 39) 115 ‎1.1.4. C (Tubingensis Mb 14) 118 ‎1.1.5. Y (Vindobonensis Phil. Gr. 21), ‭Θ‬ (Vaticanus 226) and ‭Ψ‬ (Parisinus 2998) 123 ‎1.2. Section 2: The Relations between the Primary Witnesses 143 ‎1.2.1. A and V 143 ‎1.2.2. The Relation between F and Cg. 150 ‎1.2.3. The Relation between AV and FCg 156 ‎1.3. Section 3: The Value of the Different Manuscripts for the Constitution of the Text 163 ‎2. The Individual Primary Manuscripts 166 ‎2.1. A (Parisinus 1807) 167 ‎2.1.1. Appearance 167 ‎2.1.2. The Exemplar of A 167 ‎2.1.3. Corrections in A 168 ‎2.1.4. The Character of A’s Text 175 ‎2.1.5. Origins of A2 in the Timaeus 177 ‎2.1.6. Origin of A2 in the Critias 180 ‎2.2. V (Vindobonensis phil. gr. 337) 180 ‎2.2.1. Appearance 180 ‎2.2.2. The Character of V 181 ‎2.3. F (Vindobonensis sup. gr. 39) 183 ‎2.3.1. Appearance 183 ‎2.3.2. F’s Exemplar 184 ‎2.3.3. Corrections in F 185 ‎2.3.4. The Character of F’s Text 186 ‎2.4. The Character of the Common Errors of Cg 193 ‎2.5. C (Tubingensis Mb 14) 196 ‎2.5.1. Appearance 196 ‎2.5.2. Corrections in C 196 ‎2.5.3. The Character of the Text of C 199 ‎2.6. The Character of g 206 ‎2.7. Y (Vindobonensis Phil. Gr. 21) 208 ‎2.7.1. Appearance 208 ‎2.7.2. Corrections in Y 209 ‎2.7.3. The Sources of the Corrections in Y 210 ‎2.7.4. The Character of the Text of Y 211 ‎2.8. ‭Θ‬ (Vaticanus 226) 213 ‎2.8.1. Appearance 213 ‎2.8.2. Corrections and Their Source 213 ‎2.8.3. The Character of the Text of ‭Θ‬ 214 ‎2.9. ‭Ψ‬ (Parisinus 2998) 215 ‎2.9.1. Appearance 215 ‎2.9.2. Corrections and Their Sources 215 ‎2.9.3. The Character of the Text of ‭Ψ‬ 216 ‎Chapter 3. The Secondary Manuscripts of the Timaeus 220 ‎1. Section 1: The A-Family 220 ‎2. Section 2: The F-Family 224 ‎3. Section 3: The C-Family 233 ‎4. Section 4: The g-Family, part 1: The ‭Ψ‬-group 247 ‎5. Section 5: The g-Family, part 2: the Y-group 297 ‎5.1. T (Venetus Append. Class. IV,1) 299 ‎5.2. Mon. (Monacensis 408) 301 ‎5.3. Zit. (Zittaviensis 1) 302 ‎5.4. Ve. (Venetus 590) 303 ‎5.5. ‭Σ‬ (Venetus 189) 304 ‎5.6. Vs. (Venetus 186) 309 ‎5.7. N (Venetus 187) 314 ‎5.8. E (Venetus 184) 315 ‎5.9. a (Florentinus Laurentianus 59,1) 318 ‎5.10. c (Florentinus Laurentianus 85,9) 319 ‎5.11. M (Caesenas D 28,4; Malatestianus) 321 ‎5.12. o (Florentinus Laurentianus Conventi Soppressi 180) 326 ‎5.13. Ric. (Florentinus Riccardianus 65) 330 ‎5.14. Ang. (Angelicus 80) 332 ‎5.15. Pal. (Vaticanus Palatinus 175) 334 ‎5.16. Ambr. (Ambrosianus 329) 335 ‎5.17. k (Bruxellensis 11360–63) 338 ‎5.18. Urb. (Vaticanus Urbinas 29) 339 ‎Chapter 4. The Manuscripts of the Critias 341 ‎1. The Primary Witnesses of the Critias 341 ‎2. The Secondary Manuscripts of the Critias 343 ‎2.1. The A-Family 343 ‎2.1.1. Est. (Estensis 89 Q,5,18) 343 ‎2.1.2. Aug. (Monacensis 514; Augustanus) 345 ‎2.2. The F-Family 346 ‎2.2.1. Amb. (Ambrosianus 316) 347 ‎2.2.2. x (Florentinus Laurentianus 85,7) 348 ‎2.2.3. v (Angelicus 101) 350 ‎2.2.4. a (Florentinus Laurentianus 59,1) 351 ‎2.2.5. The Derivatives of a 353 ‎2.2.6. cMo Derive from a Lost Common Exemplar 353 ‎2.2.7. c (Florentinus Laurentianus 85,9) 356 ‎2.2.8. N (Venetus 187) 357 ‎2.2.9. E (Venetus 184) 358 ‎2.2.10. M (Caesenas D 28,4; Malatestianus) 359 ‎2.2.11. o (Florentinus Laurentianus Conventi Soppressi 180) 362 ‎2.2.12. Pal. (Vaticanus Palatinus 175) 363 ‎2.2.13. Vat. (Vaticanus 228) 365 ‎2.2.14. ‭Σ‬ (Venetus 189) 370 ‎2.2.15. Urb. (Vaticanus Urbinas 29) 371 ‎Chapter 5. The First Printed Editions of the Timaeus and Critias 373 ‎1. Ficino’s Translation 373 ‎2. The Aldina 379 ‎3. A Timaeus Edition by Christian Wechel 384 ‎4. The First Basle Edition 384 ‎5. The Second Basle Edition 386 ‎6. Cornarius’ Eclogae 388 ‎7. Stephanus’ Edition 392 ‎8. Editio Bipontina 395 ‎9. Ast’s Edition 395 ‎Chapter 6. Two Papyrus Fragments 396 ‎Part 3. The Indirect Tradition of the Timaeus and Critias 399 ‎Chapter 7. The Indirect Tradition of the Timaeus and Critias 401 ‎1. General Remarks 401 ‎1.1. The Greek Tradition 402 ‎1.1.1. Direct Quotations 404 ‎1.1.2. References, Imitations and Paraphrases 405 ‎1.1.3. The Value of the Greek Indirect Tradition 405 ‎1.2. The Latin Tradition 405 ‎1.2.1. The Value of the Latin Tradition 407 ‎1.3. Plato in Armenia 408 ‎1.4. The Arabic Tradition 411 ‎Chapter 8. Index Testimoniorum 415 ‎Chapter 9. Index Auctorum Platonis Timaeum vel Critiam Laudantium 542 ‎Bibliography 555 ‎Index Locorum Potiorum 565 Introduction And Method Of Research -- Status Quaestionis -- The Greek Direct Tradition -- Description Of Manuscripts -- The Primary Manuscripts Of The Timaeus -- The Relationship Of The Primary Manuscripts -- The Individual Primary Manuscripts -- The Secondary Manuscripts Of The Timaeus -- The Manuscripts Of The Critias -- The First Printed Editions Of The Timaeus And Critias -- Two Papyrus Fragments -- The Indirect Tradition Of The Timaeus And Critias -- The Greek, Latin, Armenian And Arabic Tradition -- Index Testimoniorum -- Index Auctorum Platonis Timaeum Vel Critiam Laudantium. By Gijsbert Jonkers. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. In The Textual Tradition of Plato's Timaeus and Critias, Gijsbert Jonkers provides new insights into the extant ancient and medieval evidence for the text of both Platonic dialogues. The discussions are set in the broader context of examinations in recent decades of the textual traditions of other individual Platonic works. Particularly the vast collection of testimonia of the Timaeus, one of Plato's most read, interpreted and discussed dialogues of all times, will be of interest for students of ancient philosophy, science and philology.