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Title

Commentarius in Claudii Ptolemaei Harmonica / Porphyrius ; edidit Massimo Raffa ; exemplar emendavit Andrew Barker.

Author

Porphyry, approximately 234-approximately 305

Publication

Berlin : De Gruyter, 2016.

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Additional Authors

• Raffa, Massimo, 1972-
• Barker, Andrew, 1943-2021

Description

xliv, 323 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"Porphyry's Commentary on Ptolemy's 'Harmonics' is a unique document of Neoplatonic thought on music. Not only does it contain a thorough discussion of the perception and appreciation of pitched sounds, but it also gives us a hint of how the technicalities of music theory might have been taught to non-specialised readers with a philosophical background; moreover, it is a treasure of quotations from lost authors and works. The apparatus of this new edition includes all the emendations and conjectures that have been proposed by many scholars since Ingemar Düring's 1932 edition and takes into account a few manuscripts that escaped the previous editor's otherwise remarkable recensio. The boundaries of some quotations from ancient authors are redefined and many misprints corrected. Finally, the text of the Byzantine epitome of the Commentary is here edited for the first time."--

Series Statement

Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana ; BT2020

Uniform Title

• In Ptolemaei Harmonica commentarius
• Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana BT 2020.

Alternative Title

In Ptolemaei Harmonica commentarius

Subject

• Ptolemy, active 2nd century. > Commentaries
• Ptolemy, active 2nd century
• Porphyry, approximately 234-approximately 305
• Harmonics (Ptolemy)
• Harmonics (Music) > Early works to 1800
• Harmonics (Music)
• Music theory > Early works to 1800
• Music, Greek and Roman > Sources

Genre/Form

• Commentaries
• Early works

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Language (note)

• Text in Greek; introduction and notes in Latin.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Praefatio -- Index codicum -- De codicibus et eorum cognatione -- De anonymi Additamento ad capitulum I, 5 -- De Epitoma -- De stemmate codicum -- Conspectus librorum -- Conspectus siglorum -- Adnotatio ad textum -- Porphyriou eis ta Harmonika Ptolemaiou hypomnēma -- Appendix I. Anonymi additamentum ad commentarium in Ptol. harm. I, 5 (e codd. E A P2) -- Appendix II. t Epitoma Commentarii (e codd. familiae h) -- Indices -- Index auctorum -- Index uerborum.

ISBN

• 9783110425161
• 3110425165
• 9783110119672 (canceled/invalid)
• 9783110419672 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2017000616

OCLC

971462472

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library