Editing Valerius Maximus (section)

==Editions and translations==
Editions by C. Halm (1865), C. Kempf (1888), contain the epitomes of Paris and Nepotianus.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} New editions have been produced by R. Combès (1995-) with a French translation, J. Briscoe (1998), and D.R. Shackleton Baily (2000) with an English translation. Recent discussions of Valerius' work include W. Martin Bloomer, ''Valerius Maximus and the Rhetoric of the New Nobility'' (Chapel Hill, 1992), Clive Skidmore, ''Practical Ethics for Roman Gentlemen: the Work of Valerius Maximus'' (Exeter, 1996), and Hans-Friedrich Mueller, ''Roman Religion in Valerius Maximus'' (London, 2002).

A translation into [[Dutch language|Dutch]] was published in 1614,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Maximus |first=Valerius |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sfKtoECJbq8C |title=Des alder-vermaertsten ende wel-sprekensten Histori-schrijvers Valerii Maximi, negen boecken, van ghedenck-weerdighe, loflicke woorden, daaden ende gheschiedenissen der Romeynen en de uytlantsche volcken |date=1614 |language=nl}}</ref> and was read by [[Rembrandt]] and other artists (and their patrons), stimulating interest in some new subjects such as [[Artemisia II of Caria|Artemisia]] drinking her husband's ashes.<ref>Golahny, Amy, ''Rembrandt's Reading: The Artist's Bookshelf of Ancient Poetry and History'', pp. 129-133, 2003, Amsterdam University Press, {{ISBN|9053566090}}, 9789053566091</ref>

600 manuscripts of Valerius have survived, 800 when counting [[epitomes]], more than any other Latin prose writer after the grammarian [[Priscian]]. Most manuscripts date from the [[late Middle Ages]], but 30 predates the 12th century.<ref name=":0" /> The three oldest manuscripts are the authoritative sources for the text:

* [[Burgerbibliothek of Berne|Burgerbibliothek]], [[Bern]], Switzerland, n°366 (manuscript A). 
* [[Laurentian Library]], [[Florence]], Italy, Ashburnham 1899 (manuscript L). Both A and L were written in northern France in the 9th century and share a common source.
* [[Royal Library of Belgium|Royal Library]], [[Brussels]], Belgium, n°5336 (manuscript G). It was probably written at [[Gembloux Abbey]] (south of Brussels) in the 11th century. Briscoe says that G has a different parent from A and L, as several mistakes shared by A and L are not found in G.<ref>Briscoe, ''Valerius Maximus'', pp. 15–21.</ref>