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S. Dow, Conventions in Editing (Greek, Roman and Byzantine Scholarly Aids, 2). Duke University, 1969. VI, 37 p. Pr. D. 2.00

S. Dow, Conventions in Editing (Greek, Roman and Byzantine Scholarly Aids, 2). Duke University,... 322 European literature. He provides the reader with much interesting material; his discussion of it is illuminating and never swerves aside into fanciful speculation. His main thesis, viz. "in der Neuzeit folgt man bei Gestaltungen des antiken Stoffes in der Hauptsache dem Vorbilde Senecas", is proved beyond doubt. AMSTERDAM, Klassiek Seminarium, Singel 425 J. M. BREMER DE NOVIS LIBRIS IUDICIA S. Dow, Conventions in Editing (Greek, Roman and Byzantine Scholarly Aids, 2). Duke University, 1969. VI, 37 p. Pr. D. 2.00. In editing epigraphical and papyrological texts, generations of studiosi have done with the 'Leidener Klammer-System'. The Roberts and some disciples used an 'adapted' version. Dow now presents 'a suggested reformulation of the Leiden System'. This brochure is one of those booklets which can but should not be read; it should be used and consulted constantly by those who will have to (re)publish texts. Dow (and Pritchett) rightly are very strict on the use of subscript dots: they should be placed under any letter which as a whole is so dim that, in isolation, neither the letter as a whole, nor any stroke of it, could be positively read; this means that the context should not be considered http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Mnemosyne Brill

S. Dow, Conventions in Editing (Greek, Roman and Byzantine Scholarly Aids, 2). Duke University, 1969. VI, 37 p. Pr. D. 2.00

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Mnemosyne , Volume 26 (3): 322 – Jan 1, 1973
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© 1973 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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322 European literature. He provides the reader with much interesting material; his discussion of it is illuminating and never swerves aside into fanciful speculation. His main thesis, viz. "in der Neuzeit folgt man bei Gestaltungen des antiken Stoffes in der Hauptsache dem Vorbilde Senecas", is proved beyond doubt. AMSTERDAM, Klassiek Seminarium, Singel 425 J. M. BREMER DE NOVIS LIBRIS IUDICIA S. Dow, Conventions in Editing (Greek, Roman and Byzantine Scholarly Aids, 2). Duke University, 1969. VI, 37 p. Pr. D. 2.00. In editing epigraphical and papyrological texts, generations of studiosi have done with the 'Leidener Klammer-System'. The Roberts and some disciples used an 'adapted' version. Dow now presents 'a suggested reformulation of the Leiden System'. This brochure is one of those booklets which can but should not be read; it should be used and consulted constantly by those who will have to (re)publish texts. Dow (and Pritchett) rightly are very strict on the use of subscript dots: they should be placed under any letter which as a whole is so dim that, in isolation, neither the letter as a whole, nor any stroke of it, could be positively read; this means that the context should not be considered

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