The Text of the Aristotelian Mechanics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9665449 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joyce van Leeuwen (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 183-198 |
| Publication date | 2013-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Classical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-8388 • E-ISSN: 1471-6844 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0009838812000845 |
| OpenAlex | W2148850136 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 5 |
The present article examines the textual transmission of the Aristotelian Mechanics , a treatise on mechanical questions now generally ascribed to the Peripatetic School. The treatise was edited three times in the nineteenth century, namely by Johannes van Cappelle (1812), Immanuel Bekker (1831) and Otto Apelt (1888); most recently, an edition was produced in the twentieth century by Maria Elisabetta Bottecchia (1982). Bottecchia's edition is a clear improvement over the previous editions in the extent of its research. Whereas the other editors of the Mechanics altogether consulted a total of nine manuscripts, Bottecchia considered nearly the complete manuscript material for her critical edition of the text. When I started my project I did not expect to find significant new results which would make a completely new critical edition of the text necessary
Art · Art history · Critical edition · Literature · Mechanics · Physics · Classical Studies and Philology · Classics · Historical and Literary Studies · Historical Studies in Science · History · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |