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All t h r e e lectures are i l l u s t r a t e d freely b y m a n y splendid e x a m p l e s of t h e A u t h o r ' s critical skill in convincingly d e m o n s t r a t i n g t o his r e a d e r s t h e principle q u o t e d b y h i m a t t h e end of his s t u d y , f o r m e r l y f o r m u l a t e d b y C. R o b e r t s : how t h e papyrologist can b r i n g i n t o p l a y s i m u l t a n e o u s l y t h e t h r e e resources a t his disposal—experience, logic a n d p a p y r u s . [A.S.].
Fontes iuris romani antiqui, edidit Carolus Georgius B r u n s , s e p t i m u m edidit O t t o G r a d e n w i t z . U n v e r e n d e r t e r N a c h -d r u c k 1958. Scientia A n t i q u a r i a t Aalen. D M 45. —.
Fontes iuris Romani antipui is a collection of t h e most i m p o r t a n t m o n u m e n t s of t h e p r e - J u s t i n i a n law. F o r over e i g h t y y e a r s it h a s been one of t h e m a i n i n s t r u m e n t s in t h e s t u d y of e v e r y specialist a n d scholar of t h e R o m a n law. T h e editio princeps by C.G. B r u n s w e n t i n t o six e d i t i o n s ; t h e last one was p u b l i s h e d in 1909 b y 0 . Gra-d e n w i t z . T h e new rééGra-dition of t h e collection in t h e s a m e s h a p e which it h a d f i f t y y e a r s ago does n o t s a t i s f y t h e r e q u i r e m e n t s of m o d e r n scholarship. I n t h e collection t h e r e are missing a n u m b e r of v e r y i m p o r t a n t sources which are of p r i m a r y significance for t h e knowledge of t h e p r e - J u s t i n i a n law, a s ; t h e S y r o - R o m a n law-book, t h e Constitutio Antoniniana, G n o m o n of Idios Logos, Gaius f r o m O x y r h y n c h u s , t h e tabula Hebana, t h e tabulae Herculanenses, t h e A p o k r i m a t a , t h e fragmentům Leidense Pauli sententiarum, only t o m e n t i o n t h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t sources p a r t l y i n c o r p o r a t e d in t h e I t a l i a n collection FIRA2, edited in t h e y e a r s 1940—1943. I n spite of these essential deficiencies t h e reimpression issued b y Scientia A n t i q u a r i a t in Aalen, to which we owe also t h e t h i r d edition of t h e Edictum perpetuum of L e η e 1, will be received b y scholars w i t h g r a t i t u d e . Till t h e p u b l i c a t i o n of a new collection, t h a t will s a t i s f y t h e r e q u i r e m e n t s , of t h e p r e s e n t s t a t e of scholarship, t h e Fontes will r e m a i n t h e u n m a t c h e d aid in t h e c o n t e m p o r a r y research studies of R o m a n law. [ H . K . ]
E r n s t S c h ö n b a u e r , Die neugefundenen Reskripte des Septimius Severus. P. Col. 123 (Anzeiger der phil. hist. Klasse d. Österrei-chischen Ak. d. Wissenschaften 1957 N o . 12 p p . 165 — 197). I n t h e b e g i n n i n g t h e a u t h o r discusses t h e new r e a d i n g proposed b y S c h i l l e r a n d J o u t i e a n d t h e n analyses t h e legal c o n t e n t of t h e a p o k r i m a t a 1—6 a n d 9—13 t o u n d e r s t a n d i n g of which he
194 С. KUNDEREWICZ — H. KIJPISZEWSKI — A. ŚWIDEREK gives a very interesting contribution. Finally he deals with many important problems evolving from the praescriptio. [H.K.]
M. D a v i (1 - H. L. W. N e l s o n , Gai Institutionum commentarii
IV mit philologischem Kommentar (Studia Gaiana vol. II Text 2.
Lieferung; vol. III Kommentar 2. Lieferung).
The second part of the edition of Gaius' Institutes contains the §§I, 156 — II, 122 of the text and a detailed philological com-mentary to the §§ I, 137 - II, 123. [H.K.]
GENERALITIES
H. G. G u η d e 1, Kurzberichten aus der Papyrussammlung Nr 6 (1958) Nr 7 (1959) unter Mitwirkung von F. Heichelheim. Universitätsbibliothek Giessen.
The 6-th number of the Kurzberichte gives Vorbemerkungen zum Inventar der Papyri gissenses. The author successively deals with the history and the inventary of the collection, as well as with already published and future editions of the Gissener Papyri. No. 7 contains Vorbemerkungen zum Inventar der Ostraca gissensia, arranged within the same scheme as the papyri. [H.K.]
A. E. A. W e r n e r , Technical Notes on a New Material in
Conserva-tion (Chronique d'Egypte t. 33 No. 66 (1958) pp. 273—278).
In this article the author points out that the alcoholic solution of nylon soluble polymer (Maranyl С 109/P) can be used for con-solidation of friable and fragile material prior to desalting (e.g. the papyri and ostraka) and for reattachment of flaking paint (e.g. tem-pera wallpainting). [C.K.]
Pietro B o n f a n t e , Storia del diritto romano vol. 1—2 1959, Giuffrè, Milano. Ristampa delia IV edizione riveduta dall'Autore a cura di Giuliano Bonfante e di Giuliano Grifö.
With the publication of the Storia is initiated the edition of the complete works of one of the most eminent Italian Romanists in the first half of our century. The vols. 3—8 shall contain the
