Scrinium Classical Antiquity

MADAN, A.C., Swahili (Zanzibar) Grammar. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1921. 2nd ed. 62p. Sewn. Tail spine a bit worn. Small personal library mark and name on free endpaper. (Rare).From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 39.50 (Antiquarian)

MADDOLI, G., Cronologia e Storia. Studi comparati sull' 'Athenaion Politeia' di Aristotele. Pubblicazioni degli Istituti di Storia della Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, Perugia, 1975. 122p. Sewn. Unopened. Small personal library mark, name as well as author’s dedication on free endpaper.The distinguishing of two different types of reckoning seems to offer the key for the solution of the problems of chronolgy presented by Aristotle's Athenaion Politeia. The consequences of this discovery appear on various levels - from the order of the list of archons to a fresh outlook on the origins of Atthidography, from the relationship between local history and great history to the passage from the oral to the written stage and the formation of the 'historical cycle'. Numerous individual aspects besides - such as the chronological structure of the Marmor Parium, the series of the first ostracisms, the Themistocles' Decree from Troizen, etc. - lend themselves to new hypotheses for other solutions. (Editor's information). From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 21.50 (Antiquarian)

MADOZ, J., Epistolario de S. Braulio de Zaragoza. Edición crítica según el códice 22 del Archivo Capitular de León, con una introducición histórica y comentatio. CSIC, Patronato Raimundo Lullo, Instituto Franciso Suárez, Madrid, 1941. VII,244p. Rebound. Library sticker glued to spine and to paste-down endpaper. Series: Biblioteca de antiguos escritores cristianos españoles, Vol. 1. (rare). € 80.00 (Antiquarian)

MADVIG, J.N., Latijnsche Vormleer [volgens de Spraakleer van Madvig] bewerkt door J.C.G. Boot. Müller, Amsterdam, 1855. VI,122p. Rebound. With signature of Cornelis Veth on free endpaper. € 23.00 (Antiquarian)

MADVIG, J.N., Lateinische Sprachlehre für Schulen. Vieweg und sohn, Braunschweig, 1867.4th rev. and abbridged ed.VIII,342p. Leather spine. Spine tiny bit scratched. Head spine slightly worn. Nice copy. € 58.50 (Antiquarian)

MADVIG, J.N., Latijnsche Spraakleer voor Scholen. Voor Nederlanders bewerkt door J.C.G. Boot. Müller, Amsterdam, 1858. 3rd rev.ed. XII,434p. Rebound. Signature on free endpaper. € 50.00 (Antiquarian)

MAGEE, B., Bekentenissen van een filosoof. Vertaling uit het Engels. Anthos, n.p., 1998. 2nd ed. 608p. Paperback. Nice copy. € 18.50 (Antiquarian)

MAGNANI, M., La tradizione manoscritta degli Eraclidi di Euripide. Pàtron, Bologna, 2000. 290p. Sewn. Soft cover. Series: Eikasmos, Quaderni Bolognesi di Filologia Classica, Studi, 3. Nice copy. M.'s work is thoroughly argued and contains stimulating discussions of several difficult readings. It will not persuade believers in direct copying, but it will make them re-examine the basis of their beliefs; scholars who undertake editions of 'alphabetic' plays in the future will be well advised to look at the manuscript for themselves in the light of M.'s researches.' (PETER PICKERING in The Classical Review (New Series), 2002, p.368). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 22.50 (Antiquarian)

MAGNIS, Esther Maria, Mintijteer. Roman. Van Wijnen, Franeker, 2016. 3rd ed. 238p. Hard bound with dust wrps. 'Ik geloof dat wij God missen. Ik zou het geloof in God nooit iemand willen aanpraten of mij boven atheïsten willen verheffen. Ik weet dat er goede gronden zijn om niet te geloven. Maar vaak denk ik dat de meeste mensen er gewoon verdriet van hebben dat hij er niet is.' Esther Maria Magnis weet: in God geloven is moeilijk. Omdat hij toelaat dat mensen lijden. Omdat hij onzichtbaar is. En zwijgt. Maar ze weet ook dat er in het leven niets groters bestaat. Esther Maria Magnis (1980) studeerde religiewetenschappen en geschiedenis. Ze woont en werkt in Berlijn. (Publisher's information). € 17.50 (Antiquarian)

MAGNO, P., Teucro. Tragedia tratta dai frammenti di Marco Pacuvio. Edizioni Pegaso, Milano, 1976. 65p. Paperback. (Rare). 'Pacuvius, Marcus (c.220-130 B.C.), stage poet and painter of South Italian birth, nephew and pupil of Quintus Ennius. Titles of 13 tragedies of the Attic type (a.o.: Atalanta, Hermiona, Medus, Periboea, Teucer, Thyestes) are transmitted. The themes of 8 relate to the Trojan War. Several plots seem to have come from post-Euripidean pieces. In the 1st century he was regarded as the greatest of the Latin tragic poets. Cicero cites a number of extended passages in his rhetorical and philosophical dialogues. (H.D. JOCELYN in The Oxford Classical Dictionary, 3rd ed.p.1090). From the library of Prof. Carl Deroux. € 25.00 (Antiquarian)