A New Edition of the Histories of Gregory of Tours (2nd book)

图尔斯的格雷戈里的历史是从古代晚期到中世纪早期过渡时期最重要的文学证词和历史来源之一。对法兰克帝国最初几个世纪的拉丁文学和语言的评价往往是非常负面的。Krusch和Levison在1951年出版了今天仍然具有权威性的《历史》批判版《德国历史纪念碑》（Monumenta Germaniae Historica，MGH）系列，他们也认为格雷戈里的原始文本只能是用蹩脚的墨洛温加拉丁语写的。这一假设影响了他们对格雷戈里的历史手稿的评价，因此反映在他们的重建文本中，即使许多手稿提供了更好的文本。尽管克鲁什和列维森的这种方法一再受到不同学者的批评，但《历史》的新版本尚未准备就绪。一个新版本的编辑必须作出关于格雷戈里的拉丁文的质量和状态的决定，必须假定。对散文节奏的分析，即为了强调和结构化的目的而对冒号和句尾进行的有节奏的安排，可以作为作者文体能力和语言质量的适当指标。对美因茨格雷戈里历史研究项目的历史部分段落的初步工作可以追溯到2019年，已经表明图尔斯主教肯定重视他的文本的风格和节奏安排。这提供了重要的证据，有利于积极评估格雷戈里的教育水平，并支持需求一个新的和适当的版本。在申请资助期间，将创建历史第二本书的数字关键版本和忠实翻译;它们将通过MGH的数字基础设施出版。手稿的翻译和校对将由学生助理与主要研究者密切协商准备;这些文件将在项目完成后在线发布。此外，将对校勘中显示的文本进行全面的色度和节奏分析和评估;结果将单独发表。第二本书的版本将为一个长期项目设定方向，该项目不仅将制作完整的数字版以及印刷版的历史（在Monumenta Germaniae Historica系列中出版），而且还将制作历史和考古评论。与负责评注的机构的合作已经商定，将在供资期间进一步规划。

The Histories of Gregory of Tours are among the most important literary testimonies and historical sources for the transition period from Late Antiquity to the early Middle Ages. The verdict on the Latin literature and language of the first centuries of the Frankish Empire has often been very negative. Krusch and Levison, who published today’s still authoritative critical edition of the Histories in the series Monumenta Germaniae Historica (MGH) in 1951, also assumed that Gregory’s original text could only have been written in poor Merovingian Latin. This assumption has influenced their evaluation of the manuscripts of Gregory’s Histories and is thus reflected in their reconstructed text, even though many manuscripts offer a much better text. Although this approach of Krusch and Levison has repeatedly been criticised by different scholars, a new edition of the Histories has yet to be prepared. The editors of a new edition have to make a decision regarding the quality and state of Gregory’s Latin that has to be presumed. The analysis of the so-called prose rhythm, i.e. the deliberate rhythmic arrangement of colon and sentence endings for purposes of emphasis and structuring, can serve as suitable indicator of an author’s stylistic abilities and the quality of his language. Preliminary work on selected passages of the Histories of the Mainz research project on Gregory’s Histories, which goes back to 2019, has already shown that the bishop of Tours certainly attached importance to a stylistic and rhythmic arrangement of his text. This provides important evidence in favour of a positive assessment of Gregory’s level of education and supports the demand for a new and appropriate edition. During the requested funding period, a digital critical edition and a faithful translation of the second book of the Histories will be created; they will be published via the digital infrastructure of the MGH. The manuscript transcriptions and collations will be prepared by student assistants in close consultation with the principal investigators; these documents will be published online after the completion of the project. In addition, comprehensive colometric and rhythmic analyses of the text versions displayed in the collations will be carried out and evaluated; the results will be published separately. The edition of the second book will set the course for a long-term project which will not only produce a complete digital edition as well as a print edition of the Histories (published in the series Monumenta Germaniae Historica), but also a historical and archaeological commentary. A cooperation with the institutions responsible for the commentary has already been agreed upon, it will be further mapped out during the funding period.