Rafał Taubenschlag
"II gnomon dell’idios logos",
Salvatore Riccobono jr., Palumbo
1951 : [recenzja]
The Journal of Juristic Papyrology 5, 239
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S a l v a t o r e R i c c o b o n o j r . , IIgnomon delVidios logos, P a l u m b o 1951. T h e a u t h o r d e t e r m i n e s t h e aim of his w o r k a s : t o collect t h e complete bibliographies on t h e G n o m o n ; t o r e p o r t extensively all t h e questions, also t h e a l r e a d y t r e a t e d b y o t h e r s a n d t h e i r a t t a i -ned r e s u l t s ; t o f r a m e historically t h e a c t i v i t y of t h e idios logos; t o set off t h e p r o b l e m of t h e c h a r a c t e r of t h e original d o c u m e n t . T h e a u t h o r fulfilled his t a s k in a w a y w h i c h deserves t h e highest ackno-w l e d g e m e n t in e v e r y respect. H a v i n g described in t h e i n t r o d u c t i o n the m o n u m e n t ; h a v i n g d e t e r m i n e d t h e t i m e of its origin, h a v i n g a n a -lysed t h e m e a n i n g of t h e t e r m G n o m o n a n d h a v i n g considered t h e question w h e t h e r t h e G n o m o n is a Greek t r a n s l a t i o n of a L a t i n a r c h e t y p e , t h e a u t h o r e n t e r s u p o n t h e d e t e r m i n a t i o n of t h e posi-tion a n d f u n c t i o n of t h e idioslogos on t h e basis of t h e provisions of t h e G n o m o n a n d o t h e r sources. Continuing he gives t h e t e x t of t h e G n o m o n a n d t h e till n o w f i r s t t r a n s l a t i o n i n t o t h e I t a l i a n language, t h e n h e proceeds t o t h e i n t e r p r e t a t i o n of t h e G n o m o n on t h e g r o u n d of t h e l i t e r a t u r e a n d o t h e r sources. I n his c o m m e n t a -r y t h e a u t h o -r did ove-rlook neithe-r questions which a-re s u g g e s t e d b y t h e p a r t i c u l a r prescriptions of t h e G n o m o n nor works w h i c h would t o u c h t h e s e questions so t h a t t h i s c o m m e n t a r y will b e c a m e in t h e f u t u r e a n indispensable guide f o r e v e r y b o d y , who would b e i n t e r e s t e d in w h a t e v e r p r o b l e m r e g a r d i n g t h i s m o n u m e n t .
G. I. L u z z a 1 1 o, Epigrafia giuridica greca e romana, Milano 1942
(R. Universita di Roma, Pubblicazioni deW Istituto di diritto romano, dei diritti deW Oriente mediterraneo e di storia del diritto vol. X I X ) .
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