This article explores the reading practices of Nicomaque's text during the Palaiologan period, suggesting new insights into Byzantine commentary transmission.
Key Points
The research investigates how Byzantine scholars engaged with and interpreted Nicomaque's text.
Analysis of manuscripts featuring the Introduction arithmétique text by four scholars.
Examination of attributed scholia to identify distinct exegetical practices.
Study of reader reception in Byzantine contexts, focusing on anonymous later readers.
Identification of diverse exegetical methods employed by Nicéphore Grégoras, Isaac Argyros, Néophyte Prodroménos, and Jean Chortasménos.
Discovery of a new link in the transmission of Jean Philopon's commentary in Byzantium.
Correction of previously known composition of the commentary to include an additional paragraph.