Scrinium Classical Antiquity

SINIOSSOGLOU, N., Radical Platonism in Byzantium. Illumination and Utopia in Gemistos Plethon. Cambridge University Press, 2016. 1st paperback ed. XVI,454p. Paperback. Series: Cambridge Classical Studies. 'Siniossoglou´s profound analysis of philosophical problems stretching back to antiquity, his masterful control of the bibliography and his capacity to give Pletho the place he deserves in the history of philosophy (and theology) will help to make this enigmatic philosopher much more comprehensible than he has been in the past. This stimulating book will offer much food for thought, even to those readers who, in the end, will not be prepared to accept all of Siniossoglou’s conclusions.' (FABIO PAGANI in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2013.07.12). € 27.90 (New) (MD)

SALIS, J.R. von, Rainer Maria Rilkes Schweizer Jahre. Huber, Frauenfeld, 1952. 3rd rev.ed. ills.(B&W photographs). Original blue cloth. Spine gilt titled. Lacking dust wrps. € 10.00 (Antiquarian)

MAHAFFY, J.P., Rambles and Studies in Greece. MacMillan, London, 1876. 1st ed. XXIV,329p. ills. Blue cloth. Spine gilt stamped. Spine a bit discoloured. Head spine worn. Ex libris glued on paste-down endpaper. Small personal library mark and name on free endpaper. Front and back hinges cracked, showing underneath tissue. Binding still tight. Endpapers a bit rust stained. A few light pencil annotations from KJD. 'A the present crisis in the East of Europe, when there seems some hope that a new order of things may be established, and the basis of some better progress attained, it would be unjust to the Greek nation, were this book with its various strictures and complaints to go forth without a clear statement of the other side of the picture. It is very much the fashion of travellers from the great nations to compare the little which the Greeks can do, and have done, with what might have been done with larger resources by other nations; and hence we have constant criticism, and wholesale detraction, of the new Hellas, its government, and its people.' (J.P. MAHAFFY in the Preface, p.V). € 22.50 (Antiquarian)

MAHAFFY, J.P., Rambles and Studies in Greece. MacMillan, London, 1900. New ed. XVIII,535p. ills.(30 B&W photographs with protective tissue guards, in between pages). Folding map. Original green gilt ornamental titled cloth with green dust wrps. Upper edge gilded. Spine dust wrps gilt titled. Head and tail spine slightly bumped. Ex libris Alice Van Absdale, 21, Febr.1904. Handwritten: 'From Helen Gorrez'. 'This New Edition is framed with a view of still satisfying the demand for the book as a traveller's handbook, somewhat less didactic than the official guide-books, somewhat also, I hope, more picturesque. For that purpose I have added a new chapter on mediaeval Greece, as well as many paragraphs with new information, especially the ride over Mount Erymanthus, pp.343, sqq. I have corrected many statements which are now antiquated by recent discoveries, and I have obliterated the traces of controversy borne by the Second Edition. For the criticisms on the book are dead, while the book survives. To me it is very pleasant that many visitors to Greece have found it an agreeable companion.' (J.P. MAHAFFY in the Preface, p.XIV). € 50.00 (Antiquarian)

PETRAKOS, V., Ramnous. Ypourgeio Politismou Tameio Archaiologikoon Poroon kai Apallotriooseoon, Athina, 1991. 56p. Richly ills. Sewn. € 7.50 (Antiquarian)

ARISTOPHANES, Ranae. Cum prolegomenis et commentariis edidit J. van Leeuwen. Sijthoff, Leiden, 1896. XX,227p. Nicely rebound. Library marks on cover and title page. With signature from P.H. Damsté on free endpaper. € 18.50 (Antiquarian)

HÄNSEL, A., Ranulf und die Varusschlacht. Ein historischer Roman aus der Römerzeit. (Jugendbuch). Roseni, n.p., 2006. 133p. ills. Paperback. Man schreibt das Jahr 9 nach Christus. Kaiser Augustus regiert das römische Imperium. Der junge Germane Ranulf darf zum ersten Mal mit seinem Vater und anderen germanischen Stammesfürsten nach Vetera, einer römischen Grenzstadt am Rhein, reisen. Dort will die Delegation mit dem römischen Statthalter Varus verhandeln, um neuerliche Überfälle der Römer auf germanisches Gebiet zu vermeiden. Kaum angekommen, lernt Ranulf das Römermädchen Corinna kennen, in das er sich wenig später verliebt. Doch die Verhandlungen zwischen den germanischen Stammesfürsten und Varus scheitern und schon bald stehen sich Römer und Germanen in der so genannten 'Varus-Schlacht' als unerbittliche Feinde gegenüber. Durch die Kampfhandlungen gerät Corinnas Leben in große Gefahr. Wie nur kann Ranulf seine geliebte Corinna retten, ohne dabei die Kriegslist der Germanen zu verraten? Aber wenn er schweigt, würde das unweigerlich Corinnas sicheren Tod bedeuten ... (Publisher's information). € 5.00 (Antiquarian)

MUIJLWIJK, M. van, Rare jongens, die Europeanen! Het leven van Asterix in het echt. BertBakker, Amsterdam, 2000. 78p. ills. Paperback. € 8.00 (Antiquarian)

ROYEN, R. van, and S. van der VEGT, Rare jongens, die Hollanders. De Nederlandse volksaard in de Romeinse tijd. BertBakker, Amsterdam, 2005. 79p. ills. Paperback. € 7.50 (Antiquarian)

DURANTUS, G., Rationale Divinorum officiorum V-VI. Ediderunt A. Davril et T.M. Thibodeau. Brepols, Turnhout, 1998. 621p. Original terra-cotta gilt stamped cloth. Small sticker glued to paste-down endpaper. Series: Corpus Christianorum, Continuatio Mediaevalis, CXL A. Nice copy. ‘At long last, two qualified medieval scholars (…) have inaugurated the publication of William Durand’s magnum opus, the ‘Rationale divinorum officio rum’. This activist bishop of Mende (1285-1296), (…) was, (…) determined to instruct his clergy in the mysteries of the liturgy by compiling and redacting in one great whole the writings of the eminent liturgiologists of the twelfth en early thirteenth centuries. It is a true summa of the venerable allegorical method of interpreting the enacted liturgy and, as such, one of the most important and influential compositions of the high Middle Ages (…). Unlike his predecessors, Durand, in his capacity as an eminent canonist and author, used and listed in the margin his valuable juridical sources; it is one the merits of this edition that these references are carefully identified in a special apparatus. (…) As the most popular liturgical commentary of the following three centuries, the Rationale survives in over a hundred manuscripts and confronts the editors with a daunting task. (…) They opted for a ‘scientific’ rather than a strictly critical edition, based on eight fine manuscripts. By so doing they have published a completely reliable and readable text without cluttering the apparatus with useless and expensive minutiae. The editors are to be congratulated for putting so accurate and serviceable an edition of this vast text in our hands.’ (WILLIAM G. STOREY in Church History, 1997, pp.565-566). € 195.00 (Antiquarian)