The Latin codices of Seneca’s Tragedies of the El Escorial Royal Library. Edition of the five Choruses of Oedipus

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  • Mª Cruz García Fuentes
Keywords: Seneca, Chorus Oedipus, Biblioteca Escorial, Textual criticism, Recentiores

Abstract

This article presents a detailed codex description of five manuscripts of Seneca’s Tragedies housed in El Escorial Royal Library: M III 16 (H); M III 25 (m); N III 6 (O); N III 25(q) y T III 11(S). All of them are of Italian origin and were written in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. The collation of the five choruses of Oedipus and their edition prove their origin from branch A and that some significant readings are shared by other recentiores that are in group AE. Ms. S omits all the verses missing in A and is free from the influence of branch E. Mss. H q are less contaminated because they omit verses Oed. 430-471, and m O are heavily contaminated with branch E.

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Published
09-03-2017
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García Fuentes, M. C. (2017). The Latin codices of Seneca’s Tragedies of the El Escorial Royal Library. Edition of the five Choruses of Oedipus. Myrtia, 31, 197–234. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/myrtia/article/view/286891
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