Anecdoton Holderi ou Ordo generis Cassiodororum, Introduction, édition, traduction et commentaire

The author is publishing a new edition of the fragments known as the Anecdoton Holderi, after the name of the first editor, A. Holder, or as the Ordo generis Cassiodorum, a rather enigmatic title. The text is important for some biographical information about Symmachus, Boethius and Cassiodorus which would otherwise be unknown. It confirms Boethian authorship of three of the Opuscula Sacra, and attests the existence of the Libellus of Cassiodorus, from which it is excerpted. After a critical review of the manuscript tradition and editions of the text, the author offers a new edition, translation and commentary.