Jules Marouzeau and L’Année philologique: The Genesis of a Reform in Classical Bibliography

• Main Author: Ilse Hilbold
• Format: Article
• Language: deu
• Published: History of Classical Scholarship 2019-12-01
• Series: History of Classical Scholarship
• Subjects: bibliography; reform; Jules Marouzeau; L’Année philologique; scientific rivalry; tool for science
• Online Access: https://www.hcsjournal.org/ojs/index.php/hcs/article/view/21

In the early twentieth century, bibliography was subject to a large-scale reform effort, spearheaded by institutions such as the League of Nations and the International Institute on Intellectual Cooperation, which attempted to inter­nationalize scientific practices. The French Latinist Jules Marouzeau conceived his newly created bibliography L’Année philologique as a part of that move­ment. The history of the publication’s origins, which should be read in light of Marouzeau’s professional ambitions, provides a new perspective on the scientific rivalry around bibliography, a tool for science and a driver of inter­nationalization.