The Manuscripts of Statius: Indices

This volume provides indices to the information contained in the catalog portions of Volume I. It includes: Summary tables that present the manuscripts by contents and date
An incipitarium identifying texts in Latin and vulgar languages pertaining to Statius that are found in the manuscripts
Indices to the commentaries on the Thebaid and Achilleid, together with a list of the annotated manuscripts of the Silvae
Indices of periochae to the Thebaid and Achilleid
An index of florilegia
Manuscripts with historiating decorations and printed editions with frontispieces depicting Statius
An index of proper names
A list of other authors whose works are found in the Statian manuscripts
A list of dated and datable manuscripts
An index locorum citatorum, listing the passages on which notes have been transcribed in the catalogs
Conspectus siglorum
and A checklist of printed editions
and an index of manuscript materials. The Manuscripts of Statius is the first complete and detailed catalog of the extant manuscripts of an ancient author. The volumes provide detailed descriptions of the known extant manuscripts and annotated early editions, with materials dating from the eighth to the seventeenth century. Volume I contains the bibliography, introduction, and catalogs of manuscript materials. Volume III contains a study of Statius' medieval reception based on editions and analyses of the central biographical materials (vitae and accessus).