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

图尔的格列高利史是古代晚期到中世纪早期过渡时期最重要的文学见证和历史资料之一。对法兰克帝国最初几个世纪的拉丁文学和语言的评价常常是非常负面的。1951年，克鲁施和莱维森在《德意志历史纪念碑》（Monumenta germanae Historica， MGH）系列中出版了今天仍然权威的《历史》评论版，他们也认为格列高利的原始文本只能用可怜的墨洛温拉丁语写成。这一假设影响了他们对格列高利《历史》手稿的评价，并因此反映在他们重建的文本中，尽管许多手稿提供了更好的文本。虽然克鲁施和莱维森的这种方法一再受到不同学者的批评，但新版的《历史》尚未准备好。新版本的编辑必须对格列高利拉丁文的质量和状态做出决定，这是必须假定的。分析所谓的散文节奏，即冒号和句子结尾为了强调和结构而刻意安排的节奏，可以作为作者风格能力和语言质量的适当指标。美因茨格列高利历史研究项目的历史选择段落的初步工作可以追溯到2019年，已经表明图尔主教当然重视他的文本的风格和节奏安排。这为积极评价格列高利的教育水平提供了重要的证据，并支持了对新的适当版本的需求。在所要求的供资期间，将制作《历史》第二册的数字批评版和忠实译本；它们将通过MGH的数字基础设施发布。手稿的誊写和整理将由学生助理与主要研究者密切协商后完成；这些文件将在项目完成后在网上发布。此外，将对校勘中展示的文本版本进行全面的韵律和节奏分析并进行评估；调查结果将另行公布。第二本书的版本将为一个长期项目奠定基础，该项目不仅将制作完整的数字版本以及历史的印刷版（在《纪念碑德国历史》系列中出版），而且还将制作历史和考古评论。与负责评论的机构的合作已经达成协议，将在资助期内进一步规划。

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.