The Letters of Cassiodorus. Senator Cassiodorus
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to me that not more than one-third of each letter is copied. In this manner the 'Variae' are compressed into the otherwise impossible number of 33 folios (149–182).
All these MSS., even the best of them, give me the impression of being copied by very unintelligent scribes, who had but little idea of the meaning of the words which they were transcribing. In all, the superscription V.S. is expanded (wrongly, as I believe) into 'Viro Senatori;' for 'Praefecto Praetorio' we have the meaningless 'Praeposito;' and the Agapitus who is addressed in the 6th, 32nd, and 33rd letters of the First Book is turned, in defiance of chronology, into a Pope.
INTRODUCTION.
LIFE OF CASSIODORUS.
| PAGE | |
| Historical position of Cassiodorus | 1 |
| His ancestry | 3−4 |
| His name | 5−6 |
| His birthplace | 6−9 |
| Date of his birth | 9−12 |
| His education | 12 |
| Consiliarius to his father | 12 |
| Quaestor | 14−16 |
| Composition of the 'Variae' | 16 |
| Their style | 17−19 |
| Policy of Theodoric | 20 |
| Date of composition of the 'Variae' | 23 |
| Consulship | 25 |
| Patriciate | 27 |
| Composition of the 'Chronicon' | 27 |
| Composition of the Gothic History | 29−35 |
| Relation of the work of Jordanes to this History | 34 |
| Master of the Offices | 36 |
| Praetorian Praefect | 39 |
| Sketch of history during his Praefecture | 42−50 |
| End of official career | 50 |
| Edits the 'Variae' | 51 |
| His treatise 'De Animâ' | 53 |
| He retires to the cloister | 54 |
| His theological works | 60−63 |
| His literary works | 64−66 |
| His death | 67 |
| Note on the Topography of Squillace | 68−72 |
THE 'ANECDOTON HOLDERI.'
| Content of the MS. | 74−75 |
| To whom addressed | 76 |
| Information as to life of Symmachus | 77 |
| Information as to life of Boethius | 79 |
| Religious position of Boethius | 81 |
| Information as to life of Cassiodorus |
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