Pseudo-Nonniani in IV orationes Gregorii Nazianzeni commentarii
J. Nimmo Smith
, S. Brock
, B. Coulie (eds.)
285 p., 155 x 245 mm, 1993
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The Pseudo-Nonnus Commentaries on Sermons IV, V, XXXIX and XLIII by
Gregory of Nazianzos collect and explain most of the references to
Hellenic learning and mythology made therein. They reflect the
views (and level of education) of a tolerant but committed Eastern
Christian of the early sixth century A.D., and excited much
interest, both in the Byzantine world, and, after they were
printed, in the West. Later commentators and scholiasts on St.
Gregory made much use of the work, as did other writers and
compilers of encyclopaedias. The edition is based upon an
investigation of almost all of the 150 known manuscripts, and
provides a text which is largely supported by the Syriac and
Armenian versions. These are of early date. Recent collations of
their texts are included in the apparatus criticus. The
Introduction defines the relationship between the versions and the
Greek text, the latter's recensions and the history of its
tradition, with detailed stemmata. It surveys and updates previous
and contemporary studies through the extent of the evidence at its
disposal and the generous help of others. A brief list of sources
accompanies the text and apparatus criticus, and an Appendix,
Indices Nominum and an Index Codicum are included.