Giovanni de Matociis and the Codex Oratorianus of the De uiris illustribus urbis Romae

Stover, Justin; Woudhuysen, George

Abstract

One of the most curious manuscripts of the De uiris illustribus is Biblioteca dei Girolamini, XL pil. VI, no. XIII. This manuscript has been thought either to go back to the early Veronese humanist Giovanni de Matociis, or to contain authentic ancient information. We demonstrate that the manuscript has nothing to do with Matoci, but is closely linked to Giacomo Filippo Foresti, a late-fifteenth-century historian. Its chief feature of interest is that it shares some readings with another branch of the tradition of the DVI, the Corpus Aurelianum, thus providing new evidence for the circulation of that text.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Oct 3, 2017
• Publication Date: Oct 3, 2017
• Deposit Date: Sep 11, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 4, 2019
• Journal: Exemplaria Classica
• Electronic ISSN: 2173-6839
• Publisher: Universidad de Huelva Servicio de Publicaciones
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 21
• Pages: 125-148
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1067930
• Publisher URL: http://www.uhu.es/publicaciones/ojs/index.php/exemplaria/article/view/3211
• Additional Information: 24 months embargo. OL 12.09.2018