La tradición manuscrita de la Anthologia Isidoriana

Abstract

The Anthologia Isidoriana, published by Giovanni B. De Rossi (Inscriptiones Christianae urbis Romae septimo saeculo antiquiores 2, 1, Roma 1888, 250–254), consists of a series of eight heterogeneous epigrams: Epitaphium Damasi (1), Epitaphium Monicae (2), Epitaphium Gregorii (3), Item eiusdem Gregorii (4), In icona sancti Petri (5), In basilica sancti Pauli (6), In uelo Chintilae (7), Versus Eucheriae (A). The Anthologia Isidoriana is preserved, either completely or partially, in the manuscripts Leiden, Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit, Voss. Lat. Q 69, and Voss. Lat. F 82; Bern, Burgerbibliothek, 224; London, British Library, Harley 2686; München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 18375; Valenciennes, Bibliothèque municipale, 405; Montecassino, Biblioteca Statale, 320; Groningen, Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit, 8; Klosterneuburg, Stiftsbibliothek, 723; Bruxelles, Bibliothèque royale, 10615–729; Ljubljana, Narodna in univerzitetna knjižnica, 16; München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 22227; Göttweig, Stiftsbibliothek, 64; Legnica, BUWr, 29; Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, lat. 4924, and München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 14334. According to the structure and location of the epigrams in the Isidorian codices – either at the end of book XX or at the end of book X of the Etymologiae and in five non-Isidorian codices – it is possible to establish a preliminary classification of the witnesses, which probably derive from Spanish manuscripts of the second half of the seventh century.