Articles by Samuele Coen
J.-L. Fournet (ed.), Actes du XXXe Congrès international de papyrologie Paris, 25-30 juillet 2022, Paris 2025, 215-27., 2025
'Aristo' and the Rhetoric: PHerc 1004 col. 78 Revisited
Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 2025
Notes on Philodemus’ De Stoicis (PHerc. 155 and 339), in: «Analecta Papyrologica», 38 (2024) 103-119
Analecta Papyrologica 38, 2024
Studi di Egittologia e di Papirologia 20, 2023
The commentary as a book : Palaeography and Bibliology of commentaries on papyrus • This article ... more The commentary as a book : Palaeography and Bibliology of commentaries on papyrus • This article studies the palaeographical and bibliological features of ancient commentaries on papyrus. Attention is paid especially to several elements such as the different types of handwriting, the use of recto and/or verso, the quality of the papyrus, and the use of physical reinforcements. Each element is examined in the light of its relationship with the content of the text of individual items, in the attempt of shedding light on the purpose of these works and the cultural context in which they were produced.
Zeitschrift fur Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 2023
First edition of the document P.Noviom. inv. 5.
Dercylus in P.Oxy. XXIX 2506?
Zeitschrift fur Papyrologie und Epigraphik 224, pp. 47-8, 2022
Analecta Papyrologica 33, 2021
The article discusses the possible presence of an abbreviated form of the name Αμμωνιοσ on the ba... more The article discusses the possible presence of an abbreviated form of the name Αμμωνιοσ on the back of the commentary on Antimachus of Colophon preserved by P.Mil.Vogl. I 17, and takes into consideration other occurrences of this name in other commentaries.
Eikasmos XXXII, pp. 73-82, 2021
On the basis of the information provided by P. Oxy. 2506 fr. 26 col. I 1-12, this paper focuses o... more On the basis of the information provided by P. Oxy. 2506 fr. 26 col. I 1-12, this paper focuses on a vexata quaestio concerning Stesichorus: whether he composed one or two poems entitled Παλινωιδια. It suggests a new supplement (λεγομενη, scil. παλινωιδια), explores the possible meaning of the participle λεγομενοσ (as well as of καλουμενοσ) with regard to book titles by comparing different literary sources, and suggests explanations for its function in this passage.
Zeitschrift fur Papyrologie und Epigraphik 218, 2021
Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 213, 2020
Thanks to the join between fr. 26 (d) and fr. 90 from P. Oxy. XXIX 2506, it is now possible to ga... more Thanks to the join between fr. 26 (d) and fr. 90 from P. Oxy. XXIX 2506, it is now possible to gather further information about the lost comedy Ὁ Πίθων by Epicharmus.
Conference Presentations by Samuele Coen
Paper presented at the international doctoral conference 'Signa manent: il segno tra testo, layou... more Paper presented at the international doctoral conference 'Signa manent: il segno tra testo, layout e significato', Naples, 9-10 November 2023.
Roberta Carlesimo (Università degli Studi di Firenze, Istituto Papirologico 'G. Vitelli'), Il tes... more Roberta Carlesimo (Università degli Studi di Firenze, Istituto Papirologico 'G. Vitelli'), Il testo di Menandro: per un riesame critico delle fonti papiracee La stagione delle scoperte papiracee è stata particolarmente generosa per Menandro. La produzione del commediografo è stata pertanto al centro degli interessi di papirologi e filologi negli ultimi centocinquant'anni. Ciò nonostante, un'accurata analisi dei testimoni dell'autore può riservare ancora qualche sorpresa. Nella presente comunicazione si ripercorreranno gli avanzamenti finora conseguiti e si discuteranno alcune novità di natura materiale e testuale attualmente in fase di studio. Marie Christians (Université de Liège), L'autographie dans l'Antiquité gréco-romaine : le cas du P.Köln VI 245 Le P.Köln VI 245 (MP 3 1965.41 = LDAB 5291/TM 64074), papyrus daté du iii e siècle de notre ère, porte les restes d'un poème en trimètres iambiques sur la mendicité (πτωχεία) d'Ulysse à Troie. Identifié dès sa première édition comme autographe, c'est-à-dire brouillon d'une composition en cours, le texte a fait l'objet de nombreux remaniements par l'auteur, comme le manifestent les radiations, corrections et ajouts interlinéaires. La communication se propose de présenter les différents aspects du caractère autographe de ce papyrus, à partir de considérations matérielles, paléographiques et textuelles, en vue d'éclairer les processus de révision et de composition littéraire qui s'y révèlent. Samuele Coen (University of Oxford), The Materiality of the Evidence: Palaeography and Bibliology of Hypomnemata In this paper I will examine the palaeographical and bibliological features of ancient commentaries, such as types of handwriting, use of recto and verso (and of recycled papyrus), lectional and critical signs, abbreviations, and corrections. This study will shed light on the context of production, use, and conservation of the hypomnemata, as well as on the different types of audience they were meant for. Il sera possible de suivre cette séance à distance, un lien de connexion sera envoyé aux personnes inscrites auprès de
XXXth International Congress of Papyrology (Paris, 25-30 July 2022), 2022
P.CtYBR inv. 677 is an unpublished fragment from the Yale collection currently under research by ... more P.CtYBR inv. 677 is an unpublished fragment from the Yale collection currently under research by myself and A. König. The scrap contains a property contract written in a beautiful bookhand, belonging to the so-called ‘epsilon-theta’ style, which can be assigned to the 1st century BC/AD. After a brief presentation of the papyrus in terms of palaeography and content, I intend to provide some observations on documentary papyri written in literary hands based on a selection of relevant examples. Although some general or more narrowly-focused studies have been made on certain categories of documents in bookhand, a general assessment is yet to come, and this paper would represent a first step in this sense. These will be analysed with respect to their typology (private letters, petitions, contracts, etc) and their date; their official or private nature will be also taken into account. Attention will be paid also to papyri preserving scribe exercises and, in general, texts written by the same person in different handwritings, due to their relevance in understanding the aim of the manuscript.
Rapporto 'dinamico' tra recto e verso nei papiri paraletterari. Alcune ricerche
Paper presented at the 'Quarto Seminario Diletta Minutoli. Ricerche in corso su papiri documentar... more Paper presented at the 'Quarto Seminario Diletta Minutoli. Ricerche in corso su papiri documentari e letterari', 14 Gennaio 2022
Talks by Samuele Coen
‘Ancient Commentaries on Papyrus: The Transmission of Knowledge in the Graeco-Roman Egypt’, lecture delivered within the course ‘Knowledge Exchange and Storage Before the Printed Book’ (professor Giulio Iovine), Bologna, 3rd May 2023.
Papers by Samuele Coen
Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 2023
The Radboud University library in Nijmegen is home to seven papyrus fragments. After some initial... more The Radboud University library in Nijmegen is home to seven papyrus fragments. After some initial study by a student (P. N. M. van Arendonk) who explored the fragments’ provenance in an exam paper, two of them were published by his teacher Rob Salomons and the Amsterdam-based papyrologist Klaas Worp in 1985, whereas the other five have remained unpublished until now. In the context of a Radboud Summer School in Nijmegen in 2021, we studied the remaining fragments, and the current article presents editions of 5 further fragments (P.Noviom. inv. 1, 3, 5, 6 (descr.), and 7), prepared by the international group of graduate student participants under our supervision, as well as that of Daniela Colomo.
Selected Publications by Samuele Coen
(With S. Coen), Notes on Philodemus’ De Stoicis (PHerc. 155 and 339), in: «Analecta Papyrologica», 38 (2024) 101-117
In this paper we offers new readings and some textual and exegetical notes on cols. XI, XII–XIV, ... more In this paper we offers new readings and some textual and exegetical notes on cols. XI, XII–XIV, and XX Dorandi of Philodemus’ On the Stoics (PHerc. 339 + PHerc. 155).
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