Publisher's Synopsis
This volume provides indices to the information contained in the catalog portions of Volume I. It includes: Summary tables that present the manuscripts by contents and date; An incipitarium identifying texts in Latin and vulgar languages pertaining to Statius that are found in the manuscripts; Indices to the commentaries on the Thebaid and Achilleid, together with a list of the annotated manuscripts of the Silvae; Indices of periochae to the Thebaid and Achilleid; An index of florilegia; Manuscripts with historiating decorations and printed editions with frontispieces depicting Statius; An index of proper names; A list of other authors whose works are found in the Statian manuscripts; A list of dated and datable manuscripts; An index locorum citatorum, listing the passages on which notes have been transcribed in the catalogs; Conspectus siglorum; and A checklist of printed editions; and an index of manuscript materials. The Manuscripts of Statius is the first complete and detailed catalog of the extant manuscripts of an ancient author. The volumes provide detailed descriptions of the known extant manuscripts and annotated early editions, with materials dating from the eighth to the seventeenth century. Volume I contains the bibliography, introduction, and catalogs of manuscript materials. Volume III contains a study of Statius' medieval reception based on editions and analyses of the central biographical materials (vitae and accessus).
