Cerchie aristoteliche e letture platoniche (Manoscritti di Platone, Aristotele e commentatori)

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A shadowy figure of the Palaeologan era, the ‘Anonymous Gamma’ deserves more attention amongst the Byzantine scribes who copied Plato and Aristotle: he was a member of the learned circle where the famous Laur. Plut. 85.1 was produced, and he was also responsible for copying the most important Plato of the 13th (or beginning of the 14th) century, the codex Vindob. Suppl. gr. 39. The same hand does appear in some manuscripts of Aristotle and in another Plato manuscript, belonging to the ‘Omega group’, Laur. Plut. 85.6, which presents, in an opening position (f. Iv), a letter concerning the copying of Plato. On lexical and stylistic bases the epistolographer can be identified in the Florentine epistolographer Georgios Oinaiotes, a bibliophile who was very fond of Plato and owned two or more manuscripts of his beloved author. The letter suggests an exchange of books containing the dialogues amongst members of the imperial circles; the manuscripts involved are connected with the learned ‘milieu’ of the Palaeologan period.

In September 2008, the seventh edition of the International Colloquium of Greek Palaeography (Madrid-Salamanca, 15-20 September 2008) celebrated the 300th anniversary of the Palaeographia Graeca, the pioneer work of the Benedictine Bernard de Montfaucon that established the fundamentals of the discipline. Papers by renowned specialists in the field contributed to the methodology of study and to our knowledge of Greek manuscripts, and opened new perspectives for the study of the Greek manuscripts preserved mostly in European libraries, taking into account new methodological approaches, the possibilities of online resources and the results of ongoing research projects.

The Proceedings published here include contributions by specialists from over ten different countries, dealing with palaeographical issues such as ancient capital and lower-case lettering, writing and books in the Macedonian, Comnenian and Palaeologan periods, and Greek scribes and ateliers in the Renaissance (especially in manuscripts from the Iberian Peninsula). Many contributors also take a codicological approach and consider the material aspects of the codex, as well as other new research techniques. Finally, some papers deal with the book as object and how this relates to its content, as well as with the history of texts.

The International Colloquia of Greek Palaeography are organized by the International Committee of Greek Palaeography, presided by Prof. Dieter Harlfinger. The seventh edition payed tribute to the memory of the late Jean Irigoin, who died in 2006.