A Note on Pliny the Elder ( Hn 9.126)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9665474 |
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| Authors | Mikhail Shumilin (0000-0002-4348-3909, National Research University Higher School of Economics, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Pages | 1-3 |
| Publication date | 2025-06-19 |
| 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/s0009838825100633 |
| OpenAlex | W4411460470 |
| Language | EN |
The article argues for an emendation in Plin. HN 9.126. Modern editors are accustomed to print the text cum testa uiuas , adopting J. Hardouin’s conjecture for cum terra uitis , the reading transmitted in most manuscripts. Nevertheless, the overlooked manuscript reading contritis conchis allows us to deduce a palaeographically neater solution contritis if conchis is considered a gloss which entered the text
Art · Combinatorics · Conjecture · Gloss (optics · Linguistics · Literature · Nanotechnology · Reading (process · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Computer Science · Materials Science · Mathematics · Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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