tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385543751878406713.post3000844012543253099..comments2024-02-26T21:31:18.490-05:00Comments on The Wrong Monkey: My Search For The Lost Books Of LivySteven Bollingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215202747829300924noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385543751878406713.post-3771991170166111232020-08-07T00:04:19.618-04:002020-08-07T00:04:19.618-04:00The manuscripts of Livy in the Vatican Library are...The manuscripts of Livy in the Vatican Library are well-known to scholars. I don't know what things the Vatican may be trying to keep secret, but a knowledge of the text of Livy is certainly not among them. Steven Bollingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03215202747829300924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385543751878406713.post-56377957187823265772020-08-06T21:18:00.072-04:002020-08-06T21:18:00.072-04:00I believe there might be archives in the Vatican t...I believe there might be archives in the Vatican that may contain manuscripts. Might be worth a look.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11794338066527630751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385543751878406713.post-19580608821605161702019-09-30T14:06:16.463-04:002019-09-30T14:06:16.463-04:00Can you post about how they're searching for a...Can you post about how they're searching for ancient texts?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385543751878406713.post-22148594530777989882019-09-11T11:34:21.803-04:002019-09-11T11:34:21.803-04:00Many of those great family libraries and archives ...Many of those great family libraries and archives have been donated to public institutions such as libraries and museums and public archives, and others have been opened to scholars to come and research. If there are any such large Italian family collections which remain strictly private, then, yes, it would definitely be worth the trouble of trying to get a look. I'm not an expert in that area. You might ask a professor who specializes in the Italian Renaissance whether any such collections remain unresearched. If so, I can't imagine it would be for lack of effort on the part of scholars. Steven Bollingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03215202747829300924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385543751878406713.post-59352557161202025872019-09-11T02:10:55.715-04:002019-09-11T02:10:55.715-04:00The great families of Italy maintain enormous amou...The great families of Italy maintain enormous amounts of records - a few years back the records of one family was used to confirm the authenticity of a painting as being by Caravaggio - the proof was a document in the archives of the family from the 15th century. Could these enormous storehouses of information also contain books or codex? No one has checked - it is worth a try isn’t it?ENDITALLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02462938346068584198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385543751878406713.post-9446209153208541232017-12-26T20:04:20.949-05:002017-12-26T20:04:20.949-05:00Please Sir, Do whatever you can to find those book...Please Sir, Do whatever you can to find those books. God is with you in this search and may we be able to recover all 142 volumes and more. Livy's works are a delight and a joy. I pray it helps us love Rome and that which is right even more than ever before. Have mercy God!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385543751878406713.post-28756422664068498472016-08-30T14:04:29.762-04:002016-08-30T14:04:29.762-04:00Thanks for the encouraging words. As I mentioned u...Thanks for the encouraging words. As I mentioned upthread, the more I learn about these things, the more I understand why the professionals are pessimistic about finding such things, and the more I understand how far the professionals are ahead of me. Still, I learn so many other things along the way on this search that I could never call it futile.Steven Bollingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03215202747829300924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385543751878406713.post-29017751470393049102016-08-30T13:21:40.647-04:002016-08-30T13:21:40.647-04:00As someone who might be on the spectrum as well (m...As someone who might be on the spectrum as well (my kid has the diagnosis; I was just "quirky") and who has a degree in classics, I just want to say that this quest seems like an excellent target for the laser focus of autistic obsession and attention to detail. Sorry to hear you haven't found anything interesting yet, but it does sound like a really fun project. (Nothing wrong with being an autodidact, either.)Pookelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15838463377972056601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385543751878406713.post-46844240576067532342016-07-28T12:51:52.190-04:002016-07-28T12:51:52.190-04:00Thank you. I haven't given up. I have to say t...Thank you. I haven't given up. I have to say though, that in the 3 years since I wrote this post, my amateurish poking around has given more appreciation for the pessimism of the professionals. I understand a little better now how thoroughly they have been searching for any sort of manuscripts of ancient texts. For example: they look into parchment which has been made into book covers; and there is more and more use made of spectral imaging: taking photographs of manuscripts which cover parts of the spectrum invisible to the naked eye. It's possible that major finds of ancient Latin will still be made. But it's more likely that the major finds will continue to be in eastern languages such as Greek, Coptic and Syriac. <br /><br />As I say, though, in looking for Livy I learn about all sorts of things i wasn't looking for. The search is definitely worthwhile.Steven Bollingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03215202747829300924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385543751878406713.post-26743771975979753982016-07-27T20:39:38.015-04:002016-07-27T20:39:38.015-04:00cool post, good luck, dont give upcool post, good luck, dont give upAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05301204757568546063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385543751878406713.post-31518095576823714142013-10-18T17:45:24.582-04:002013-10-18T17:45:24.582-04:00Yes, I have. As I understand it, the current effor...Yes, I have. As I understand it, the current effort is not to find more scrolls from Herculaneum, but to apply high-tech methods in order to read papyrii which were found there in the 18th century, but were previously too badly burnt to be legible.Steven Bollingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03215202747829300924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385543751878406713.post-28492207140252705512013-10-18T16:03:57.781-04:002013-10-18T16:03:57.781-04:00I would love to find these lost works also. Have ...I would love to find these lost works also. Have you heard about the search to recover scrolls from Herculaneum?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com