The Amores of Ovid

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Excerpt from The Amores of Ovid: A Lecture Delivered in the Hall of Corpus Christi College, on Tuesday, June 11, 1912 Brandt's recent edition of Ovid's Amores forms a fitting sequel to his edition of the Ars Amatoria. Critically it follows closely in the steps of Ehwald and Martinon, accepting the readings of P (the Puteaneus, Paris, 8242), and S (Sangallensis, 824). This, considering the immense number of Mss. of the Amores which have never been examined, and the boundless field for new discovery which lies before the competent explorer, is not as satisfactory to the researcher of the XXth century as might be wished. Modern research has made no little advance in the valuation of MSS., in assigning dates to them, in discriminating the valuable and uncorrupted from the worthless and interpolated, as may be seen by comparing the edition of Nicolas Heinsius with those of the present day. Yet Heinsius had great advantages, if a rare or early codex existed in any great collector's library, the intelligence was quickly conveyed to the ears of a savant who knew not only the determinants of age and goodness, but was likely to use every effort to secure it for the library of the Queen, Now the case is altered materially: kings care less for accumulating Mss., while on the other hand the world in general is more and more interested in them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.