Of Dreams and Editions: Emendations, Conjectures, and Marginal Glosses in David Hoeschel’s Copy of De somniis 2
Document Type
Contribution to Book
Publication Date
2021
Publisher
Brill
Source Publication
Ancient Texts, Papyri, and Manuscripts
Source ISSN
9789004465732
Original Item ID
DOI: 10.1163/9789004465732_015
Abstract
Taking a cue from James Royse’s lifelong devotion to the texts of Philo and the New Testament, the present essay offers a thank-offering in kind. Its principal contribution is a complete analytical catalogue of David Hoeschel’s marginal emendations to the text of Somn. 2 in the famed Augustana manuscript (Codex Monacensis Graecus 459). These results are compared with Paul Wendland’s attribution of Hoeschel’s work in the apparatus of Cohn-Wendland volume 3. Drawing on James Royse’s recent (2019) study of this edition, it is argued that the collected data simultaneously confirm Hoeschel’s reputation as a textual critic, while raising questions about Wendland’s. The second part of the essay turns to non-textual notes on Somn. 2 in the Augustana. Particular emphasis is placed on Hoeschel’s identification of two Homeric lemmata, as well as a curious marginalium written in Hoeschel’s hand alongside Somn. 2.78: the word κενόδοξοι. Analysis of these further scholarly notes allows for a more complete picture of Hoeschel’s achievements as a humanist—accomplishments also reflected in the work of this volume’s honoree.
Recommended Citation
Cover, Michael B., "Of Dreams and Editions: Emendations, Conjectures, and Marginal Glosses in David Hoeschel’s Copy of De somniis 2" (2021). Theology Faculty Research and Publications. 845.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/theo_fac/845
Comments
"Of Dreams and Editions: Emendations, Conjectures, and Marginal Glosses in David Hoeschel’s Copy of De somniis 2" in Ancient Texts, Papyri, and Manuscripts. Eds. Alan Taylor Farnes, Scott D. Mackie and David T. Runia. Boston: Brill (2022): 243-268. DOI.