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The ''Palatine Anthology'' (or ''Anthologia Palatina''), sometimes abbreviated ''AP'', is the collection of Greek poems and epigrams discovered in 1606 in the Palatine Library in Heidelberg. It is based on the lost collection of Constantinus Cephalas of the 10th century, which in turn is based on older anthologies. It contains material from the 7th century BC until 600 AD and later on was the main part of the '' Greek Anthology'' which also included the '' Anthology of Planudes'' "The Greek Anthology as we have it today consists of the fifteen Books of the Palatine Anthology followed by a 'Planudean Appendix' of 388 poems occurring in Planudes but not in the Palatine manuscript..." and more material.
The manuscript of the ''Palatine Anthology'' was discovered by Saumaise (Salmasius) in 1606 in the
The manuscript of the Palatine Anthology consists of 709 pages. The section of the manuscript which is kept today at the Library of the University of Heidelberg (MS Pal. gr. 23) consists of pages 1–614, and the other part, housed in the Bibliothèque nationale de France, (Par. Suppl. gr. 384) comprises the remaining 94 pages (pp. 615–709).
It was written by four scribes around 980. One of the scribes made comments and additions and part of the manuscript was corrected by a Corrector.
The scribes were the following:
*scribe Α: pages 4–9.384.8
*scribe J: pages 9.348.9-9.563 (possibly The Poetics of Imitation: Anacreon and the Anacreontic Tradition, Patricia A. Rosenmeyer
Cambridge Univ. Press, 1992, p. 116, *scribe Β: pages 9.564-11.66.3 *scribe Β2: pages 11.66.4-11.118.1 *scribe Β: pages 11.118.1-13.31 Scribe J made corrections to the text written by scribe A and at the end, a Corrector, C, made many corrections to the text of Α and J.
Digitized manuscript
of the ''Palatine Anthology'' online at the
Catalogue record
for the ''Palatine Anthology'' online in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. *''Epigrammatum anthologia palatina cum planudeis et appendice nova'',
vol. 1vol. 2vol. 3
* Greek text at
volume 1
(books I–VI)
volume 2
(books VII–VIII)
volume 3
(book IX)
volume 4
(books X–XII)
volume 5
(books XIII–XVI). * Bilingual edition at the
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The ''Palatine Anthology'' (or ''Anthologia Palatina''), sometimes abbreviated ''AP'', is the collection of Greek poems and epigrams discovered in 1606 in the Palatine Library in Heidelberg. It is based on the lost collection of Constantinus Cephalas of the 10th century, which in turn is based on older anthologies. It contains material from the 7th century BC until 600 AD and later on was the main part of the '' Greek Anthology'' which also included the '' Anthology of Planudes'' "The Greek Anthology as we have it today consists of the fifteen Books of the Palatine Anthology followed by a 'Planudean Appendix' of 388 poems occurring in Planudes but not in the Palatine manuscript..." and more material.
The manuscript of the ''Palatine Anthology'' was discovered by Saumaise (Salmasius) in 1606 in the Palatine library
The Bibliotheca Palatina ("Electoral Palatinate, Palatinate library") of Heidelberg was the most important library of the German Renaissance, numbering approximately 5,000 printed books and 3,524 manuscripts. The Bibliotheca was a prominent pri ...
at Heidelberg
Heidelberg (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: ''Heidlberg'') is a city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany. As of the 2016 census, its population was 159,914 ...
(Codex Palatinus 23). In 1623, after the Thirty Years' War
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, it was sent with the rest of the Palatine Library to Rome as a present from Maximilian I of Bavaria to Pope Gregory XV and it was kept in the Vatican Library
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. In 1797 it was taken to Paris
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by order of the French Directory and in 1816 it was returned to Heidelberg when the war ended, but one (smaller) part of it remained in Paris (Parisinus Suppl. Gr. 384).
The manuscript
The manuscript of the Palatine Anthology consists of 709 pages. The section of the manuscript which is kept today at the Library of the University of Heidelberg (MS Pal. gr. 23) consists of pages 1–614, and the other part, housed in the Bibliothèque nationale de France, (Par. Suppl. gr. 384) comprises the remaining 94 pages (pp. 615–709).
It was written by four scribes around 980. One of the scribes made comments and additions and part of the manuscript was corrected by a Corrector.
The scribes were the following:
*scribe Α: pages 4–9.384.8
*scribe J: pages 9.348.9-9.563 (possibly Constantine the Rhodian
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)Cambridge Univ. Press, 1992, p. 116, *scribe Β: pages 9.564-11.66.3 *scribe Β2: pages 11.66.4-11.118.1 *scribe Β: pages 11.118.1-13.31 Scribe J made corrections to the text written by scribe A and at the end, a Corrector, C, made many corrections to the text of Α and J.
See also
*List of anthologies of Greek epigrams
Collections of Greek inscriptions initially started from the 3rd century BC and continued with collections of epigrams and short poems, which after the 1st century AD were called Anthologies. These anthologies of Greek epigrams were enlarged wit ...
References
External links
Digitized manuscript
of the ''Palatine Anthology'' online at the
Heidelberg University Library
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.
Catalogue record
for the ''Palatine Anthology'' online in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. *''Epigrammatum anthologia palatina cum planudeis et appendice nova'',
Johann Friedrich Dübner
Johann Friedrich Dübner (20 December 180213 December 1867) was a German classical scholar (naturalized a Frenchman).
Biography
He was born in Hörselgau, near Gotha. After studying at the University of Göttingen he returned to Gotha, where fro ...
-Cougny (edd.), 3 voll., Parisiis, editore Ambrosio Firmin-Didot, Instituti francici typographo, 1881-90vol. 1
* Greek text at
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of the Tufts University
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, in five volumesvolume 1
(books I–VI)
volume 2
(books VII–VIII)
volume 3
(book IX)
volume 4
(books X–XII)
volume 5
(books XIII–XVI). * Bilingual edition at the
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, originals with English translation1
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