The History of Robert Grosseteste’s Translations within the Context of 'Aristoteles Latinus'
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Among his many accomplishments, Grosseteste is known for translating Greek philosophical, theological, and glossarial treatises into Latin, making them available for Latin readers. Three of these translations are nowadays studied for the Aristoteles Latinus project, which aims at making critical editions of all Greek-Latin medieval translations of Aristotle’s oeuvre. The goal of this contribution is to give an overview of the history of Robert Grosseteste’s translations of Aristotelian texts within the context of Aristoteles Latinus. The first part is devoted to previous research on these translations and to a status quaestionis of current scholarship. The second part turns its focus to Grosseteste’s characteristic translation method. It offers new insights into the usual translation of certain smaller Greek words (such as particles and conjunctions) into Latin by Grosseteste, and what can set this translator apart from other medieval translators.
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Chantilly, Musée Condé, 280
Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. lat. 2088
Oxford, Balliol College, 99
Troyes, Bibliothèque municipale, 1869
Troyes, Bibliothèque municipale, 2000
Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, phil. gr. 100
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