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De-bugging the Bib  .
"BLIC search" links: My apologies to anyone who, in good faith, has tried to follow a BLIC (British Library Integrated Catalogue) link only to find it led to a sign-in page. I am easily able to access holdings profiles without signing in and I imagine anyone else is able to too. Having compared the urls placed in the Bibliography with the urls of the same pages on the day I access them, however, I note they differ. This suggests that, for whatever reason, these urls vary from day to day. I guess this gives meaning to the phrase "stable url". I have now removed the BLIC urls as they have no practical use, but left the phrase "BLIC search" to show there is a British Library holding.
"LCOC search" links: For the same reason, I won't be including any more "LCOC search" links. However, the LCCN Permalinks are just that and these will stay.
Accessing a copy of the work: Since the main aim of the Bibliography is to put interested members in touch with a copy, the best items of information I feel I can include are:
- For reading all or part online:
Amazon links: Where these give an "inside peek" via Amazon's reader or where they give a wealth of information about obtaining some version of the book.
Google Book links: Where these give at least a "limited preview" or link to a digitized pdf of the work.
Open Library, Project Gutenberg and Internet Archive links: Where these give links to digitized pdfs or "online reads" etc.
For purchasing personal copies:
ASIN Numbers: Amazon Standard Identification Number, a unique identification number assigned by Amazon.com and its partners for product identification within the Amazon.com organization.(See the Wikipedia article which explains the way ASINs will/won't work for you).
ISBN Numbers: International Standard Book Number, a unique numeric commercial book identifier. The 10-digit ISBN format (often seen as "ISBN 10") began in 1970 but, since 2007, ISBNs have contained 13 digits ("ISBN 13").
Links to individual Book Vendors: These may be useful within a limited time frame and help source a work that other sites indicate is unavailable. Such links should not be considered stable in the long term.
For library use:
Dewey Decimal and Library of Congress Call Numbers: These will vary in some details between and often within libraries, but typical examples may well point you to the right stack without having to consult the catalogue. But librarians interpret these codes so, where a "typical" example I give fails, use the library catalogue - and don't be surprised if there are wild differences.
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[size=150:1v01ircv]Flavius Vegetius Renatus - a Bibliography[/size]:
ELECTRONIC SOURCES:- Vegetius Renatus, F (Flavi Vegeti Renati) nd., Epitoma rei militaris libri IIII, The Latin Library, viewed 21 November 2010, <http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/vegetius.html>.
- [ACCESS: (1) Language: Latin; (2) Entry Source/s: Link to Source; (3) Acknowledgement: My thanks to Sean Manning for contributing this source.]
Vegetius Renatus, F 2001 (1767), The Military Institutions of the Romans (De Re Militari), translated Lt J Clarke, etext version M Brevik, Digital Attic, viewed 19 November 2010, <http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~madsb/home/war/vegetius/>.
Wikipedia contributors 2010, Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, modified, 9 November, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, viewed 19 November 2010, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publius_Flavius_Vegetius_Renatus>.
PRINT SOURCES, BOOK:- Blackman DR & Betts, GG (eds) 1989, Concordantia in Vegetii opera (A concordance to Vegetius), Alpha-Omega, Reihe A, Lexika, Indizes, Konkordanzen zur klassischen Philologie, 85, Olms-Weidmann, Hildesheim.
- [ACCESS: (1) Language: Preface in English; (2) Entry Source: BLIC search ; (3) ISBN: 3487090597]
Phillips, TR 1943, Roots of strategy; a collection of military classics, trans. L Giles, J Clarke & TR Phillips, John Lane, London.- [ACCESS: (1) Language: (Info. Needed); (2) Entry Source: NLA Catalogue Search ; (3) ISBN No: (Info. Needed) ; (4) Call Number LC: (Info. Needed) ; (5) Call Number DDC: (Info. Needed)]
Vegetius Renatus, F 1965 (1897), Li abrejance de l'ordre de chevalerie: mise en vers de la traduction de Végèce par Jean de Meun, par Jean Priorat, de Besançon, Société des anciens textes français, 40, reprint of the 1897 ed. published by Firmin Didot, Paris, ed. ULL Robert, Johnson Reprint Corp., New York.- [ACCESS: (1) Language: Written in French; (2a) Entry Source: OL search ; (2b) Amazon; (3) ISBN No: (Recent Paperbacks: (a)Nabu Press, 3 Apr 2010 [Fr], ISBN-10: 1148419454, ISBN-13: 978-1148419459; (b)Nabu Press, 12 Jan 2010, [Fr], ISBN-10: 1142496368, ISBN-13: 978-1142496364; © UML, 1 Jan 1897 fac. [Fr], ASIN: B003TWOUG6; (d) Nabu Press, 12 Jan 2010), [Fr], ISBN-10: 1142581349, ISBN-13: 978-1142581343 ; (4) Call Number LC: PQ1545 V25P7 1965 ; (5) Call Number DDC: (Info. Needed)]
Vegetius Renatus, F 1968 (1572), The foure bookes of Flauius Vegetius Renatus, briefelye contayninge a plaine forme and perfect knowledge of martiall policye, feates of chiualrie, and vvhatsoeuer pertayneth to warre, English experience, its record in early printed books published in facsimile, no. 41, reprint of the 1572 ed. published by Thomas Marshe, London, trans. J Sadler, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Amsterdam & Da Capo Press, New York.- [ACCESS: (1) Language: English; (2) Entry Source: a). BLIC searches (2) ; b).LCCN Permalink ; c). Amazon (1); d). Amazon (2); (3) ISBN No: a). ISBN-10: 9022100413, b). ISBN-13: 9789022100417 ; (4) Call Number LC: U101 .V4 1572a ; (5) Call Number DDC: 355/.0009 ]
Vegetius Renatus, F 1971 (1935), Knyghthode and bataile: a 15th century verse paraphrase of Flavius Vegitius Renatus' treatise 'De re militari', Early english text society series, no. 201, facsim. of the 1935 ed. published by H Milford, Oxford University Press, for the Early English Text Society, ed., intro., nn. & gloss. R Dyboski & ZM Arend, Kraus Reprint Corp., New York.- [ACCESS: (1) Language: English, Middle English & Latin; (2) Entry Source/s: (a) NLA Catalogue Search; (b) LCCN Permalink; © Amazon; (d) Hathi Trust; (e) BLIC search; (f) OL search; (3) ISBN No./s: (a) (ISBN-10) 0859916944; (b) (ISBN-10) 0859919358; © (ISBN-10) 0527002011; (d) (ISBN-13) 9780859916943; (e) (ISBN-13) 9780859919357; (4) ASIN No./s: (not found); (5) EAN No./s: (not found); (6) Call No./s LC: (a) PR1119 .A2 no. 201; (b) PR1119 .A2 no. 201 1971; (7) Call No./s DDC: (a) 821.2 22; (b) 820.8001; © 820.6 E13 no.201; (8) Note/s: The text is that of the manuscript in Pembroke College Library, with readings and glosses of the manuscripts in the Cottonian and Bodleian libraries in the foot-notes.]
Vegetius Renatus, F 1977, Li abregemenz noble honme Vegesce Flave René des establissemenz apartenanz a chevalerie: traduction par Jean de Meun de Flavii Vegeti Renati viri illustris Epitoma institutorum rei militaris, Suomalaisen tiedeakatemian toimituksia, sarja B, nide 200, édition critique avec introduction et commentaire par Leena Löfstedt, Suomalainen tiedeakatemia, Helsinki. - [ACCESS: (1) Language: Old French; (2) Entry Source: BLIC search ; (3) ISBN: 9514103130]
Vegetius Renatus, F 1982, Li livres Flave Vegece de la chose de chevalerie, Suomalaisen Tiedeakatemian toimituksia. Sarja B, nide 214, trans. J Vignay, crit. ed., intro. & comm. L Lofstedt, Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, Helsinki.- [ACCESS: (1) Language: 13th-14th century translation (by Jean de Vignay, ca 1283 - ca 1340) of De re militari into Old French, notes in French; (2) Entry Source: NLA Catalogue Search ; (3) ISBN No: 9514103955 ; (4) Call Number LC: (Info. Needed) ; (5) Call Number DDC: (Info. Needed)]
Vegetius Renatus, F 1988, The earliest English translation of Vegetius’ De re militari, ed. (from Oxford MS Bodl. Douce 291) G Lester, C. Winter Universitätsverlag, Heidelberg. - [ACCESS: (1) Entry Source: LCOC search & LCCN Permalink ; Call Number LC: U35 .V4413 1988]
Vegetius Renatus, F 1989, Le livre de l’art de chevalerie de Vegesce : traduction anonyme de 1380, Suomalaisen tiedeakatemian toimituksia, sar. B, nide 236, eds L Löfstedt, O Merisalo et al., Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, Helsinki.- [ACCESS: (1) Language: French & Old French; (2) Entry Sources: (a) LCCN Permalink ; (b) BLIC search (1) ; © BLIC search (2) ; (d) Amazon ;(3) ISBN No: 9514105478; ISBN-10: 9514105478; ISBN-13: 978-9514105470; (4) Call Number LC: Q60 .H53 nide 236 ; (5) Call Number DDC: 574 s355 20]
Vegetius Renatus, F 1997, Compendio delle istituzioni militari, Testi e studi di storia antica, 5, 2nd Italian ed., intro. & trans. C Giuffrida, Edizioni del Prisma, Catalania.- [ACCESS: (1) Language: Italian; (2) Entry Source: BLIC Search]
Vegetius Renatus, F 2001 (1993), Epitome of military science, trans., intro. & nn. NP Milner, Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, Google books (part preview), viewed 19 November 2010, <http://books.google.com/Search> - [ACCESS: (1) Entry Source: Google books; (2) ISBN 0-85323-910-X]
Vegetius Renatus, F 2004, Epitoma rei militaris, Oxford classical texts, ed. MD Reeve, Clarendon Press, Oxford. - [ACCESS: (1) Language: Text in Latin with introduction in English; (2) Entry Source: Amazon ; (3) Entry Source: Amazon (Reader) ;(4) ISBN: 0-19-926464-3; (5) Call Number LC: U101 .V3 2004; (6) Call Number DDC: 355.020937]
[size=150:1v01ircv]Johannes Laurentius Lydus - a Bibliography[/size]:
ELECTRONIC SOURCES:- Lydus, JL (Joannis Laurentii Lydi Philadelpheni) 1812, De magistratibus reipublicae Romanae libri tres, eds JD Fuss & CB Hase, JM Eberhart, Paris, viewed 1 December 2010, <http://books.google.com/books?id=KVQMAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false>.
Lydus, JL (Joannis Laurentii Lydi Philadelpheni) 1812, De magistratibus reipublicae Romanae libri tres, ed. JD Fuss, pref. CB Hase, S & J Luchtmans, Leiden, viewed 1 December 2010, <http://www.archive.org/details/demagistratibusr00lyduuoft>.
Lydus, JL (Ioannes Lydus) 1837, Ioannes Lydus [online], Corpus Scriptorum Historiae Byzantinae, trans. W Roether, JD Fuss & CB Hase, ed. AI Bekker, E Weber, Bonn, viewed 2 December 2010, <http://books.google.com/books?id=KSEAAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false>.
- [ACCESS: (1) Language: Greek text with parallel Latin translation and notes.; (2) Entry Source/s: (a) Link to Google Books (a); (b) Link to Google Books (b); © Link to pdf from Google Books; (d) Link to pdf from DCO (doctitle: "Opera Omnia (CSHB)"; (e) Links to multiple access from Internet Archive; (3) Note/s: (a) My citation for this work does not give a volume number in the series title, although it seems common practice to give one, e.g.: "Corpus Scriptorum Historiae Byzantinae, vol. 31". My searches suggested, however, that the original publishers did not specify volume numbers in this series. Rather, the volume numbers often seen may have been allocated by individual libraries to satisfy their own needs. (e.g., see this page). Commonly-seen volume numbers include: 21, 27, 29 & 31.; (b) In this volume, each book had its own translator, namely: "De Mensibus" was translated by W. Roether, "De Magistratibus" by J. Fuss and "De Ostentis" by K.B. Hase. © Georg Barthold Niebuhr (1776-1831) was a founder of this series of volumes. After his death in 1831, the title pages included the inscription: "Editio emendatior et copiosior, consilio B. G. Niebuhrii C. F. instituta, auctoritate Academiae litterarum regiae borussicae continuata."; (4) Acknowledgment: My thanks to Robert Vermaat for a contribution which led me to this source.]
Lydus, JL (Ioannis Lydi) 1903, De Magistratibus Populi Romani, libri tres [online], Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana, scriptores Graceci, ed. R Wuensch, BG Teubner, Leipzig, viewed 2 December 2010, <http://www.archive.org/details/magistratibuspo00lyduuoft>.- [ACCESS: (1) Language: Latin & Ancient Greek; (2) Entry Source/s: (a) Links to multiple access from Internet Archive; (b) Links to multiple access from Open Library; (3) Note/s: Two pages after the title page is an inscription: "Francisco Skutsch" followed by an "S" a line below. This is presumably a reference to Franz Skutsch (1865-1912) classical philologist and linguist. This may acknowledge Skutsch's contribution to the present text or be of a dedicatory nature; (4) Acknowledgment: My thanks to Robert Vermaat for a contribution which led me to this source.]
Lydus, JL (Jean le Lydien) 2000, Sur les institutions de l'État romain, premier livre, Bibliotheca Classica Selecta, trans. M Dubuisson, Universté catholique de Louvain, Faculté de philosophie et lettres, Bruxelles, viewed 2 December 2010, <http://bcs.fltr.ucl.ac.be/Lydus/LydNot.html>.
PRINT SOURCES, BOOK:- Lydus, JL 1960 (1837), Ioannes Lydus, Corpus scriptorum historiae byzantinae, facsim. of the 1837 ed. published by E Weber, Bonn, trans. W Roether, JD Fuss & CB Hase, ed. AI Bekker, Spanos, Athens.
- [ACCESS: (1) Language: Greek text with parallel Latin translation and notes; (2) Entry Sources: (a) LCCN Permalink; (b) OL search; (3) ISBN Nos: (not found); (4) ASIN Nos: (not found); (5) EAN Nos: (not found); (6) Call No. LC: DF503 .C8; (7) Call Nos DDC: (not found); (8) Note: In this volume, each book had its own translator, namely: "De Mensibus" was translated by W. Roether, "De Magistratibus" by J. Fuss and "De Ostentis" by K.B. Hase.; (9) Reviews: (nil); (10) Acknowledgement: My thanks to Robert Vermaat for a contribution which led me to this source.]
Lydus, JL (John the Lydian) 1965, On the magistracies of the Roman Constitution, ed. & trans. TF Carney, Wentworth Press, Sydney.- [ACCESS: (1) Language: English; (2) Entry Sources: (a) Amazon search; (b) Google Books (1 of 2); © Google Books (2 of 2); (d) NLA Catalogue search; (e) OL search (1 of 2); (f) OL search (2 of 2); (3) ISBN Nos: (a) ISBN-10: 0872910318; (b) ISBN-13: 978-0872910317; (4) ASIN No.: B0007K715K; (5) EAN Nos: (not found); (6) Call Nos LC: (not found); (7) Call Nos DDC: (not found); (8) Note: Mason's review, see following, is of a paperback edition reprinted in 1971 by Coronado Press, Lawrence, KS. Mason notes that the 1965 edition "escaped review"; (9) Review: Mason, HJ 1974, 'Bureaucracy in traditional society: Romano-Byzantine bureaucracies viewed from within by T. F. Carney' [review], Phoenix, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 379-382, viewed 1 December 2010, < http://www.jstor.org/stable/1087514>; (10) Acknowledgement: My thanks to Robert Vermaat for a contribution which led me to this source.]
Lydus, JL (Ioannis Lydi) 1967, De magistratibus populi Romani libri tres, Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana, reprint of the first edition (1903), ed. R Wuensch, BG Teubner, Stuttgart.
Carney, TF 1971, Bureaucracy in traditional society: Romano-Byzantine bureaucracies, viewed from within, 3 vols in 1, trans. TF Carney, Coronado Press, Lawrence, KS.- [ACCESS: (1) Language: English; (2) Entry Sources: (a) Amazon search; (b) Google Books search; © ISBNdb.com search; (d) URBS search; (e) OL search; (3) ISBN No.: ISBN-10: 0872910334; (4) ASIN No.: B0006VUU2Q (amazon.com); (5) EAN Nos: (not found); (6) Call No. LC: C3; (7) Call Nos DDC: (a) 320.9395; (b) 710.2; (8) Notes: (a) See mention [Baldwin, B 2003, 'John Lydus on Petronius', The PetronianSociety Newsletter, vol. 33, , para. 2, viewed 1 Dec. 2010, <http://www.ancientnarrative.com/PSN/archive/2003/articles&reviews.htm>; (b) See mention [Caldwell, C 2006, 'Christopher Kelly: Ruling the Later Roman Empire' [review], sehepunkte, para. 5, viewed 1 Dec. 2010, <http://www.sehepunkte.de/2006/10/7580.html>.]; (9) Review: Mason, HJ 1974, 'Bureaucracy in traditional society: Romano-Byzantine bureaucracies viewed from within by T. F. Carney' [review], Phoenix, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 379-382, viewed 1 December 2010, < http://www.jstor.org/stable/1087514>; (10) Acknowledgement: My thanks to Robert Vermaat for a contribution which led me to this source.]
Lydus, JL 1983, On powers: or the magistracies of the Roman state, Memoirs of the American philosophical society, vol. 149, ed., intro., crit. text, trans., com. & inds AC Bandy, The American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, PA.- [ACCESS: (1) Language: Ancient Greek text, parallel English translation; (2) Entry Sources: (a) Google Books search (1 of 3); (b) Google Books search (2 of 3); © Google Books search (3 of 3); (d) OL search (1 of 3); (e) OL search (2 of 3); (f) OL search (3 of 3); (g) LCCN Permalink; (3) ISBN Nos: (a) ISBN-10: 0783787995; 0871691493; (b) ISBN-13: 9780783787992; 9780871691491; (4) ASIN Nos: (not found); (5) EAN Nos: (not found); (6) Call No. LC: Q11 .P612 vol. 149; (7) Call No. DDC: 081 s, 320.937; (8) Notes: (a) Includes introduction, critical text, translation, commentary, bibliographical references and indices. (b) Based on the Codex Caseolinus.; (9) Review: Maas , M 1986, ‘Ioannes Lydus, On powers or the magistracies of the Roman state by John Lydus, Anastasius C Bandy’ [review], The Classical Review, new series, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 221-223, viewed 1 December 2010, <http://www.jstor.org/stable/3064547>.]
Caimi, J 1984, Burocrazia e diritto nel "De Magistratibus" di Giovanni Lido, Università de Genova, Fondazione nobile Agostino Poggi, 16, ed. A Giuffrè, Milano.- [ACCESS: (1) Language: (info. Needed); (2) Entry Sources: (a) WorldCat search (1 of 3); (b) WorldCat search (2 of 3); © WorldCat search (3 of 3); (3) ISBN Nos: (a) ISBN-10: 8814003769; (b) ISBN-13: 9788814003769; ; (4) ASIN Nos: (not found); (5) EAN Nos: (not found); (6) Call Nos LC: (a) DG83.5.M2 L923 1984; (b) KJA2980.C350 1984; © KJA2980.C35 1984 (most common); (d) KJA3096.A6C34 1984; (e) KBD90 .C32; (f) PA4220.J4 Z5 C35, 1984; (g) PA4221.J4 Z5c; (7) Call No. DDC: 949.501 CAIM; (8) Notes: (nil); (9) Review: Maas , M 1986, ‘Burocrazia e Diritto nel De Magistratibus di Giovanni Lido by James Caimi’ [review], The Classical Review, new series, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 221-223, viewed 1 December 2010, <http://www.jstor.org/stable/3064547>.]
Maas, M 1992, John Lydus and the Roman past: antiquarianism and politics in the age of Justinian, Routledge, London & New York.- [ACCESS: (1) Language: (info. Needed); (2) Entry Sources: (a) Google Books search (1 of 2); (b) Google Books search (2 of 2); © LCCN Permalink; (3) ISBN Nos: (a) ISBN-10: 0415060214; (b) ISBN-13: 9780415060219; (4) ASIN Nos: (not found); (5) EAN Nos: (not found); (6) Call No. LC: DF572 .M34 1991; (7) Call Nos DDC: (not found); (8) Notes: (nil); (9) Reviews: (nil)]
Lydus, JL (Jean le Lydien) 2006, Des magistratures de l’état romain, Collection des universités de France, vol. 1, trans. & com. M Dubuisson & J Schamp, pt. 1 (Introduction générale), pt. 2 (Introduction générale, livre 1), Les Belles Lettres, Paris.- [ACCESS: (1) Language: Some parallel text in French and Ancient Greek on facing pages; (2) Entry Sources: (a) OL search; (b) LCCN Permalink; (3) ISBN Nos: (a) ISBN-10: 2251005331; (b) ISBN-13: 9782251005331; (4) ASIN Nos: (not found); (5) EAN Nos: (not found); (6) Call No. LC: DG83.5.M2 L93 2006; (7) Call Nos DDC: (not found); (8) Note: (nil); (9) Reviews: (nil); (10) Acknowledgement: My thanks to Robert Vermaat for a contribution which led me to this source.]
Lydus, JL (Jean le Lydien) 2006, Des magistratures de l’état romain, Collection des universités de France, vol. 2, trans. & com. M Dubuisson & J Schamp, livres 2 & 3, Les Belles Lettres, Paris.- [ACCESS: (1) Language: Some parallel text in French and Ancient Greek on facing pages; (2) Entry Sources: (a) OL search; (b) LCCN Permalink; (3) ISBN Nos: (a) ISBN-10: 2251005358; (b) ISBN-13: 9782251005355; (4) ASIN Nos: (not found); (5) EAN Nos: (not found); (6) Call No. LC: DG83.5.M2 L93 2006; (7) Call Nos DDC: (not found); (8) Note: (nil); (9) Reviews: (nil); (10) Acknowledgement: My thanks to Robert Vermaat for a contribution which led me to this source.]
ABBREVIATIONS:- BLIC: British Library Integrated Catalogue
DDC: Dewey Decimal Classification
facsim.: facsimile
Fr: French
LC: Library of Congress.
LCCN: Library of Congress Control Number; an identifier assigned by the Library of Congress to bibliographic and authority records.
LCOC: Library of Congress Online Catalog.
OL: Open Library
UML: University of Michigan Library
URBS: Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche
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Hi Latin experts out there!
Anyone able to translate this inscription from a book I'm looking at?
" Editio emendatior et copiosior, consilio B. G. Niebuhrii C. F. instituta, auctoritate Academiae litterarum regiae borussicae continuata."
It's from a volume in the series Corpus Scriptorum Historiae Byzantinae.
For context, Barthold Georg Niebuhr was a prominent Prussian classical scholar of the early 1800s. He was closely associated with the start of this series of some 50 volumes. After his death in 1831, the above inscription (evidently some sort of enduring dedication) was printed on each title page of the series.
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Hello Howard,
I hope you don't mind a non-expert giving a try:
(This) Edition is emended and enriched*, having been started on counsel of Barthold Niebuhr, son of Carsten (Niebuhr) it is continued on authority of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
* I really don’t know from which Verb “copiosior” is derived. It is certainly not a comparative adjective in this inscription. Also, I’d doubt my English here…
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Thanks Kai
I certainly don't mind your having a go at all. I don't know why you'd necessarily doubt your English - it's very good and certainly much better than my German let me tell you.
The only two words or phrases I find myself looking at are "enriched" and "continued on authority of...". Certainly not that I think they're incorrect, but rather I wonder what the intent of the inscription was. Was it meant to carry an emotional charge? If yes, then "enriched"; if not, then, maybe, "expanded", "improved" or so on.
The "on authority of..." is interesting as it implies a great deal of respect for Niebuhr. I mean, it sounds as if his physical presence had driven the series and that his absence might have been seen as a threat to the longevity of the series. There also seems to be something Wagnerian about "son of Carsten" - or perhaps that was a convention in such inscriptions.
Anyhoo, my thanks again Kai,
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Good to know I could help you, Howard! I looked again into it now. “on authority of” was indeed due to my English, I meant something like “by authorship of”, if that can be better understood.
As for “copiosior“, I came to think it is pseudo-Latin, a Latinized form of the German verb kopieren. So the edition was emended, i.e. corrupt passages were restored, and copied, in the sense of replicated.
Next try: (This) Edition is emended and copied, having been started on counsel of Barthold Georg Niebuhr, son of Carsten (Niebuhr), it is continued by authorship of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
True it is a show of respect, although the son of Carsten-part is not Wagnerian – it is entirely Roman; that is how I figured it out in the first place. Initially I looked for official Prussian abbreviation but by chance when reviewing a Roman inscription I remembered at once that f often means filius. And as his father was a quite famous man named Carsten, it would make sense noting him in this Roman fashion.
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Thanks, Kai.
I'm happy with the "authority of" solution though I take your point of trying to balance the semantics between English and German. Would "revised" be a possible interpretation of "copiosior"?
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I have just updated the Johannes Lydus bibliography on the previous page with nine print (book) sources. While I'm cannibalising Ardian's list next, I'll still be revisiting Vegetius and Lydus. If anyone wants to lob in another frequently referred-to ancient source/ other frequently-referred-to ancient sources, I'll be happy to have a go at him/them.
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