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1345 AD (search for this): text intro, chapter 7
e. The former belongs to the ninth or tenth century and contains all of the Epist ad Fam. This manuscript, in the opinion of most editors, is of paramount authority for the text. Bks. 1-8 of this collection are also found in two manuscripts of the twelfth century, one in the library of the British Museum and the other in the National Library at Paris. Another manuscript of the eleventh century in the British Museum and one of the fifteenth or sixteenth century at Rome contain Bks. 9-16. In 1345 Petrarch discovered at Verona a manuscript containing the Epist. ad Att., ad Q. fr., and ad M. Brutum, and, although the original and Petrarch's copy are both lost, another copy, made for Coluccio Salutato, survived and is preserved in the Laurentian Library at Florence. The only other independent sources for the text of these letters are a few leaves at Würzburg and Munich, and a manuscript known to us only through the marginal readings in one of the early editions, that of Cratander, publi
1389 AD (search for this): text intro, chapter 7
robably Bks. 9 and 8 of the original collection. The authenticity of the Epist ad M. Brut. has been seriously doubted, but, with the exception perhaps of 1.16 and 17,K. Schirmer,Ueber die Sprache des M. Brutus in den bei Cicero überlieferten Briefen, pp.25-6. they are now commonly regarded as authentic. 68. A few references to Cicero's letters during the Middle Ages are found,Mendelssohn, pp. iv-x. but they do not seem to have been as well known as his philosophical writings. In the year 1389, however, Coluccio Salutato, the Florentine chancellor, obtained from Vercelli a copy of a Ciceronian manuscript, which was found to contain the Epist ad Fam.Mendelssohn, pp. xi - xli.; Schmidt, Briefw. pp.449-451. This manuscript and the copy secured by Coluccio are now in the Laurentian Library at Florence. The former belongs to the ninth or tenth century and contains all of the Epist ad Fam. This manuscript, in the opinion of most editors, is of paramount authority for the text. Bks.
65 BC (search for this): text intro, chapter 7
no letter from Atticus. This state of things, together with the well-known fact that Atticus was a publisher, and that Cornelius Nepos says Nep. Att. 16. that such a collection of Cicero's letters, not yet published, was in the possession of Atticus, makes it almost certain that these letters were arranged for publication by him. It is probable that they were not published until after his death (32 B.C.).Bücheler (Rhein. Mus. 1879, p. 352) believes that they were published between 60 and 65 A.D., but his argument is not convincing. Some of the men of note upon whom Cicero had expressed unfavorable opinions were still living in 32 B.C., and the publication of these letters would therefore have been indiscreet. The books in the collection ad Att. stand in chronological order, and the letters within the books are arranged chronologically, but not with accuracy. With the Epistulae ad Quintum fratrem may be mentioned the Commentariolum Petitionis,Upon the authenticity of the Commentari
32 BC (search for this): text intro, chapter 7
hat such a collection of Cicero's letters, not yet published, was in the possession of Atticus, makes it almost certain that these letters were arranged for publication by him. It is probable that they were not published until after his death (32 B.C.).Bücheler (Rhein. Mus. 1879, p. 352) believes that they were published between 60 and 65 A.D., but his argument is not convincing. Some of the men of note upon whom Cicero had expressed unfavorable opinions were still living in 32 B.C., and the32 B.C., and the publication of these letters would therefore have been indiscreet. The books in the collection ad Att. stand in chronological order, and the letters within the books are arranged chronologically, but not with accuracy. With the Epistulae ad Quintum fratrem may be mentioned the Commentariolum Petitionis,Upon the authenticity of the Commentariolum Petitionis, cf. Tyrrell, vol.1.2 pp. 110-121; Hendrickson, Amer. Jour. of Philol. vol. XIII. no.2. a document which Quintus sent to his brother when
68 BC (search for this): text intro, chapter 7
Cicero's Correspondence and its First Publication. 65. The earliest letter (Att. 1.5) in the correspondence was written in 68 B.C.; the latest (Fam. 10.24), a letter from Plancus to Cicero, bears the date of July 28, 43 B.C. Cicero's last extant letter (Fam. 10.29) was written July 6, 43 B.C. The correspondence with Atticus closes with Att. 1.6.15 in Dec. 44 B.C. The fact that the extant correspondence stops several months before his death is probably due to the circumstance that the attitude of Octavius changed in the summer of 43 B.C., and Cicero's letters after that date were not published because of the strictures they contained upon the conduct of Octavius. The following tables indicate the extant and lost collections of letters: EXTANT COLLECTIONS. Ad Familiares16 bks. Ad Atticum16 Ad Quintum3 Ad M. Brutum2 Total37 bks. LOST COLLECTIONS. Ad Axium 2 bks. Ad M. Brutum7 Ad Caesarem3 Ad Calvum2 Ad filium2 Ad Hirtium9 Ad Nepotem2 Ad Octavium3 Ad Pansam3 Ad Pompeium4 Total37 bk
44 BC (search for this): text intro, chapter 7
extant letter (Fam. 10.29) was written July 6, 43 B.C. The correspondence with Atticus closes with Att. 1.6.15 in Dec. 44 B.C. The fact that the extant correspondence stops several months before his death is probably due to the circumstance that t letters of Bk. 13 are all letters of recommendation, and were probably collected and perhaps published in the summer of 44 B.C. Of the other books, 1-9 and 14-16 contain epistles, other than letters of recommendation, written before the summer of 44 B.C.; and Bks. 10-12 contain letters written later than that date. The date of publication of parts ii and iii is not known. In view of the criticisms made upon Antony in some of these letters, perhaps they were not published until after the b The title Episitulae ad Familiares is modern. Tiro, Cicero's secretary, was making a collection of Cicero's letters in 44 B.C. Att. 16.5. 5. The collection of letters ad Fam. contains no letters from Tiro, but many addressed to him, even by other
43 BC (search for this): text intro, chapter 7
65. The earliest letter (Att. 1.5) in the correspondence was written in 68 B.C.; the latest (Fam. 10.24), a letter from Plancus to Cicero, bears the date of July 28, 43 B.C. Cicero's last extant letter (Fam. 10.29) was written July 6, 43 B.C. The correspondence with Atticus closes with Att. 1.6.15 in Dec. 44 B.C. The fact that 43 B.C. The correspondence with Atticus closes with Att. 1.6.15 in Dec. 44 B.C. The fact that the extant correspondence stops several months before his death is probably due to the circumstance that the attitude of Octavius changed in the summer of 43 B.C., and Cicero's letters after that date were not published because of the strictures they contained upon the conduct of Octavius. The following tables indicate the extant a43 B.C., and Cicero's letters after that date were not published because of the strictures they contained upon the conduct of Octavius. The following tables indicate the extant and lost collections of letters: EXTANT COLLECTIONS. Ad Familiares16 bks. Ad Atticum16 Ad Quintum3 Ad M. Brutum2 Total37 bks. LOST COLLECTIONS. Ad Axium 2 bks. Ad M. Brutum7 Ad Caesarem3 Ad Calvum2 Ad filium2 Ad Hirtium9 Ad Nepotem2 Ad Octavium3 Ad Pansam3 Ad Pompeium4 Total37 bks. The extant collections contain about 870 lette
1528 AD (search for this): text intro, chapter 7
the ninth or tenth century and contains all of the Epist ad Fam. This manuscript, in the opinion of most editors, is of paramount authority for the text. Bks. 1-8 of this collection are also found in two manuscripts of the twelfth century, one in the library of the British Museum and the other in the National Library at Paris. Another manuscript of the eleventh century in the British Museum and one of the fifteenth or sixteenth century at Rome contain Bks. 9-16. In 1345 Petrarch discovered at Verona a manuscript containing the Epist. ad Att., ad Q. fr., and ad M. Brutum, and, although the original and Petrarch's copy are both lost, another copy, made for Coluccio Salutato, survived and is preserved in the Laurentian Library at Florence. The only other independent sources for the text of these letters are a few leaves at Würzburg and Munich, and a manuscript known to us only through the marginal readings in one of the early editions, that of Cratander, published in Basel in 1528.