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There is no modern commentary on the whole of Valerius Maximus' Facta et dicta memorabilia, though commentaries on books 1 and 2 have been published by, respectively, David Wardle (1998) and Andrea Themann-Steinke. Progress is likely to be made by further commentaries on individual books and John Briscoe contributes to this with a commentary on Book 8, of particular interest because of the variegated nature of its subject matter. The commentary, like those of Briscoe's commentaries on Livy Books 31-45 (OUP, 1973-2012), deals with matters of content, textual issues, language and style, and literary aspects. An ample introduction discusses what is known about the author, the time of writing, the structure both of the work as a whole and of Book 8 itself, Valerius' sources, language and style, the transmission of the text, editions of Valerius, and the methods of citation used in the commentary. The commentary is preceded by a text of Book 8, a slightly revised version of that in Briscoe's edition in the Bibliotheca Teubneriana (1998), with an apparatus limited to passages where the commentary discusses a textual problem. The book will give readers an understanding of an author once very popular, then long neglected and now enjoying a revival.

Didactic literature, Latin. --- Frühe Kaiserzeit. --- Tiberius. --- Valerius Maximus. --- early Imperial age. --- Rome --- Rome (Empire) --- Civilization

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Religious ethics --- Didactic literature, Chinese --- Sacred books --- Ethics --- Conduct of life

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This volume presents, for the first time, an edition and facing English translation of all of the stories that belong to the Anglo-Latin corpus of the immensely popular and influential collection of moralized stories from the Middle Ages, known as Gesta Romanorum ('The Deeds of the Romans'). The Anglo-Latin branch of the Gesta is of particular interest and importance as it is the source of the Middle English versions of the stories as well as the earliest English printed version, and includes stories that are either not found in continental Gesta collections or that differ significantly from the continental versions. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Douce 310 has been chosen as the base manuscript for the edition and has been collated with seven other Anglo-Latin manuscripts in order to illustrate the nature and degree of textual variation that is a feature of the Anglo-Latin Gesta tradition, and to facilitate comparison between the Anglo-Latin versions of the stories and the Middle English and Early Modern English versions. An edited text and translation of the stories that do not form part of the collection in Douce 310, some of which are found in only one or two manuscripts, have also been provided. In addition, the volume includes notes that identify the sources, analogues, and folktale motifs of the stories and that explain key literary, cultural, and linguistic features, and an introduction that provides an overview of the history and significance of the Gesta and a detailed account of the Anglo-Latin tradition.

Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) --- Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) --- Exempla --- Tales, Medieval. --- Tales, Medieval

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La réflexion du Pogge sur l'Antiquité se fait dans le cadre du thème de la fortuna : Rome, après avoir été la maîtresse du monde, n'est-elle pas devenue, au XVe siècle, un amoncellement de ruines ? A cette réflexion philosophique, le Pogge présente un entretien avec A. Loschi, où tous deux contemplent la ville depuis le capitole et en ceci livre un témoignage sur la ville vers 1430.

Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) --- Fortune --- Littérature didactique latine médiévale et moderne --- Chance --- Early works to 1800 --- Ouvrages avant 1800 --- Rome (Italy) --- Rome (Italie) --- Antiquities --- Antiquités --- Littérature didactique latine médiévale et moderne --- Antiquités --- Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern). --- Littérature didactique latine médiévale et moderne. --- Succès --- Antiquities. --- Fortune. --- Littérature latine --- Humanisme --- Traductions françaises. --- Dans la littérature. --- Italy --- Early works to 1800. --- Fortune - Early works to 1800 --- Rome (Italy) - Antiquities - Early works to 1800 --- Bracciolini (poggio) --- Italie --- Oeuvres --- De varietate fortunae --- Vie intellectuelle --- Edition critique --- 14e-15e siecles

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"Exploring the nature of practical or instructional works in English transmitted from the later Middle Ages to c. 1650, this volume considers textual and material strategies for the presentation and organisation of written knowledge and information during the period. The volume examines textual and material conditions of such works in manuscript, tracing their development through and beyond the arrival of the printing press in England in the late fifteenth century. Works on surgery, courtesy, astrology, writing for women and codicological recipes are examined closely from the perspective of frameworks, conventions, and structures, and more broadly in terms of transmission and dissemination, attitudes and traditions, readers and audiences, and shifting ideas about knowledge and the professional realm. 'Instructional Writing in English' makes a significant contribution to the study of so-called non-literary textual genres and their transmission, circulation and reception, in manuscript and in early modern printed books"--

Book history --- English literature --- anno 1300-1399 --- anno 1400-1499 --- anno 1500-1599 --- anno 1600-1699 --- Didactic literature, English --- English prose literature --- 028 --- 316.773.3:02 --- 094:371 --- 091:371 --- 091.14 --- 091.14 Codicologie. Codices. Scriptoria --- Codicologie. Codices. Scriptoria --- 091:371 Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi-:-Onderwijs. Schoolwezen --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi-:-Onderwijs. Schoolwezen --- 094:371 Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora-:-Onderwijs. Schoolwezen --- Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora-:-Onderwijs. Schoolwezen --- 316.773.3:02 Boek: communicatieinhoud--(communicatiesociologie) --- Boek: communicatieinhoud--(communicatiesociologie) --- 028 Lezen. Lectuur --- Lezen. Lectuur --- History and criticism