Alessandro Fo reviews Giulia Marolla’s commentary on book 5, part 1, of the Correspondence in FuturoClassico 9 (2023) 251-59.
‘… la ricchezza della trattazione …’
‘… la novità di molti suoi approcci …’
‘… il rigore metodologico …’
‘… la lettura di queste pagine critiche perfino, a volte, avvincente.’
The catalogue of the 2022 exhibition ‘The Fall of the Roman Empire’ in the Landesmuseum Trier (currently sold out) is reviewed by:
– Anna Sitz in Studies in Late Antiquity 7 (2023) 487–97
– Ulrich Lambrecht in Plekos 25 (2023) 647–59.
Francesco Montone reviews Judith Hindermann’s commentary of Book 2 of the Correspondence (Sidonius Apollinaris’ Letters, book 2: text, translation and commentary. Edinburgh studies in later Latin literature. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2022) in BMCR 2023.11.28.
‘Il lavoro realizzato dalla studiosa è di certo apprezzabile […] per la chiarezza espositiva e per l’acribia dimostrata nella stesura dell’ampio commento.’
‘La traduzione proposta è precisa, molto aderente al testo ed attenta a cogliere le arguzie della dictio sidoniana. ‘
‘In definitiva il pregevole volume sarà di grande utilità per i cultori di cultura antica.’
Willum Westenholz has reviewed Judith Hindermann’s commentary on Letters Book 2 in Plekos 21.06.2023.
‘… an excellent resource for undergraduates and newcomers to Sidonius, but is has less to offer to the specialist.’
Henning Ohst reviews Joop van Waarden’s Mnemosyne article ‘Leafing Through Pliny With Sidonius’ in Forum Classicum 66 (2023) 62-64.
Roberto Alciati reviews the Companion in Annali di storia dell’esegesi 39 (2022) 485-87.
‘… un imponente volume di più di ottocento pagine e ventiquattro contributi, molti dei quali destinati a diventare testi di riferimento per la ricerca sidoniana, e più in generale per la storia della Gallia tardoantica.’
Lena Wahlgren-Smith (Southampton) published a review of the Companion in Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture 8,2 (2022) 173-84, online here.
‘With the exception of material culture, this rich volume appears to cover almost every aspect of Sidonius’ life and oeuvre that a student of the period might look for. It not only represents an enormous advance in the understanding of this author, but also suggests ways in which other authors, in this and other periods, might profitably be approached. It will add greatly to the field of Sidonius studies and doubtless stimulate further exploration of the author, his genres, and his time.’
Céline Urlacher-Becht has written an extensive review of the Sidonius Companion in AnTard 29 (2021) 400-404:
– Il s’agit indéniablement d’un ouvrage de très grande qualité, extrêmement complet et à la présentation fort soignée, qui rendra d’utiles services à tous les antiquisants s’intéressant non seulement à l’œuvre de S., mais aussi à l’histoire et la littérature de l’Antiquité tardive en général.
– Loin d’être un simple ouvrage de synthèse offrant de riches panoramas, ses apports sont en effet nombreux: on pense notamment à la nouvelle prosopographie mise à disposition de la communauté scientifique ainsi qu’au recensement et classement des manuscrits complets de S.
– Par ailleurs, il s’agit d’un outil méthodologique précieux, offrant des clés d’analyse et des exemples de démarches scientifiques suceptibles d’être appliquées à d’autres œuvres tardo-antiques dans le cadre d’une étude autonome ou d’une démarche comparatiste.
– Que les éditeurs et les auteurs en soient vivement félicités!
In Early Medieval Europe first view, there is a review of the Companion by Mark Vessey:
– impeccably edited
– a work of reference which in the clarity and density of its coverage of a relatively compact oeuvre achieves a comprehensiveness scarcely conceivable for more historically influential figures
– speak[s] eloquently both for our own time and for what its authors agree in seeing as its subject’s mode of existence in his
– Sidonius has got the Companion he deserved.
