Scrinium Classical Antiquity

MORRITT, J. B. S. and MARINDIN, G. E., The Letters of John B. S. Morritt of Rokeby. Cambridge University Press, 2011. 348p. Paperback. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Classics. This works is an account by John Bacon Sawrey Morritt (1771–1843), traveller, classical scholar and friend of Sir Walter Scott, of his Grand Tour during the years 1794–6. His letters home were edited by G. E. Marindin (1841–1939) and published in 1914. In 1790 Morritt inherited the Rokeby estate, County Durham, and came into a considerable fortune. Educated at St John's College, Cambridge, he graduated in 1794, and soon afterwards set out for the continent. Visiting Constantinople, Troy, the Greek islands, Crete, Naples, Rome and Venice, Morritt developed a lifelong passion for European art and culture (he purchased the Rokeby Venus in 1813). He was well-read in Greek and Latin literature, had a considerable taste for antiquarian research, and was undeterred by the dangers of traversing Europe during the French Revolutionary Wars. According to his editor, 'it would be difficult to imagine a better traveller'. (Publisher's information). € 35.18 (New) (MD)

MORSE, H., Encountering Eve's Afterlives. A New Reception Critical Approach to Genesis 2-4. Oxford University Press, 2020. 256p. Hardback. Series: Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs. Morse provides a well-researched, well-presented, and readable critical assessment of 'Eve's afterlives' that includes heretical, marginal, and forgotten insights in an enriching encounter with Eve. GEORGE NICOL, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Jun 2022 |a 13/07/2022 (Publisher's information). € 119.57 (New)

MORTIMER, N., John Lydgate's Fall of Princes. Narrative Tragedy in its Literary and Political Contexts. Oxford University Press, 2005. 378p. Hardback. Series: Oxford English Monographs. ...astute close readings... Mortimer's monograph will be welcomed by the new and open-minded audience it addresses and will, I am sure, futher the Lydgate renaissance that is under way. Karen A. Winstead, Speculum 28/04/2008 (Publisher's information). € 224.20 (New) (MD)

MORTIMER, N., Medieval and Early Modern Portrayals of Julius Caesar. The Transmission of an Idea. Oxford University Press, 2020. 736p. Hardback. The book will therefore be of interest not only to scholars of English literature, Mortimer's home turf, but also to scholars working in faculties of history and medieval and modern languages. John Colley, The Cambridge Quarterly Dec 2022 |a 07/02/2023 (Publisher's information). € 176.64 (New)

MORTON, A.Q., The Gathering of the Gospels. From Papyrus to Printout. Mellen Biblical Press, Lewiston (...), 1997. VII,143p. Hard bound. Some pages with folded edges. With author’s dedication on free endpaper.'A.Q. Morton, recognised a world leading authority on disputed authorship, now shows the precise extent of the indebtedness and how the different sections were combined to make the books. (…) Morton boldly asks, if the first three are compilations, is it not likely the fourth is also one? This thought is anathema to most scholars, but the book demonstrates that this gospel is a combination of two major sources in an ingenious way. One of these sources is akin to Mark, but shows no direct dependence on it, the other is distinctively different from the other gospels. The analysis of John is the most remarkable section of the book, but it is full of fresh information. It sparkles with apposite illustrations and the flashes of insight that are a feature of this writer's work. The book will compel students of the New Testament to revise many of their most cherished ideas, not just about the gospels but about Jesus and the origins of the Christian church.' (James McLeman). From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 72.50 (Antiquarian)

MORTON, A.Q., and A.D. WINSPEAR, It's Greek to the Computer. With assistance from M. and S. Michaelson. Harvest House, Montreal, 1971. 129p. Cloth. Name and personal library mark on free end paper.This book describes the early application of computers to statistical frequency of words in the textual analysis of ancient Greek writers. (Publisher's information). From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 25.00 (Antiquarian)

MORTON, A.Q., and G.H.C. MACGREGOR, The Structure of Luke and Acts. Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1964. 155p. Cloth. A few pin strikes in margins. Small personal library mark, name as well as author’s dedication on free endpaper.From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 22.50 (Antiquarian)

MORTON, A.Q., and J. McLEMAN, Christianity in the Computer Age. Harper & Row, New York and Evanston, n.d.(1964). 95p. Cloth. Small personal library mark and name on free endpaper.From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 14.50 (Antiquarian)

MORTON, A.Q., and J. McLEMAN, Paul, the Man and the Myth. Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1966. 217p. Cloth. Lower corner bumped. Small personal library mark and name on free endpaper.From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 32.50 (Antiquarian)

MORTON, A.Q., and J. McLEMAN, Christianity and the Computer. Hodder and Stoughton, n.p., 1964. 95p. Paperback. Small personal library mark and name on free endpaper. 'Christianity and the Computer', written in co-operation with the Rev. James McLeman, is a general account, for the ordinary reader, of the principles of the use of computers in this field, and how the language of the New Testament can be subjected to this type of analysis. It suggests some conclusions to be drawn from the computer findings in New Testament authorship and indicates how these may effect doctrines of the authority of the Church and the place of individual religion. (Publisher's information). From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 8.00 (Antiquarian)