Cuatro Cuestiones Petronianas

This article discusses four problematic passages in Petronius’ Satyricon (2.7, 9.7–9, 14.3 and 14.8–15.2).En el presente artículo se debaten cuatro pasajes problemáticos del Satyricon de Petronio (2.7, 9.7–9, 14.3 y 14.8–15.2).Humanidade

On the optimal design of operational risk data consortiums

To manage operational risk banks increasingly use data coming from data consortia formed by peer institutions. Although existing data consor- tia seem to work appropriately, it is worth examining why banks report properly (that is, thoroughly and truthfully), since in several countries where new data consortia are planned to be set up, there are fears that banks may choose to report untruthfully or hide information (what we call misreporting). We show that if misreporting cannot be detected, then even in an inÖnitely repeated setup the game has multiple equilibria, so proper reporting is not the unique outcome. Then we analyze two types of sanctions. When the punishment is non-monetary (e.g. exclusion from the consortium for a given number of periods), then for some parameter values even the harshest punishment cannot bring about proper reporting as the unique outcome. Nonetheless, a numerical example suggests that by designing adequately the data consortium, proper reporting can be ad- vanced, without overly compromising anonymity. When a monetary Öne is imposed on misreporting banks, then a su¢ ciently sever punishment results in proper reporting, even if anonymity is maintained in the limit

A correction and more on Girolamo Avanzi’s last e dition of Catullus (ca. 1535)

Some time around 1535 Girolamo Avanzi published an innovative edition of Catullus that is very rare today. The edition is known as the editio Trincavelliana, as it has been ascribed to the printer Giovanni Francesco Trincavelli; but I showed in the previous issue of Exemplaria Classica that the volume was printed in Venice by Bartolomeo Zanetti. However, I misidentified its dedicatee, who was Alessandro Farnese the Younger (1520-1589). Avanzi’s preface contains two references that enable it to be dated between late May and mid-August 1535. The title page and the preface show that the volume was intended to include not only the poems of Catullus, but also those of Tibullus, Propertius and Gallus. Some time after the title page and the preface were set to print it was decided only to include Catullus, as is shown by a list of errata in the first gathering. The volume was probably completed in the second half of 1535.Um 1535 veröffentlichte Girolamo Avanzi eine neuartige Ausgabe von Catull, die heute sehr selten ist. Diese Ausgabe wird oft die editio Trincavelliana genannt, da sie dem Drucker Giovanni Francesco Trincavelli zugeschrieben worden ist; aber in der letzten Nummer von Exemplaria Classica habe ich gezeigt, dass sie in Venedig durch Bartolomeo Zanetti gedruckt worden ist. Damals habe ich den Widmungsträger der Ausgabe falsch identifiziert; es handelt sich um Alessandro Farnese den Jüngeren (1520-1589). Das Vorwort von Avanzi enthält zwei Hinweise, die es ermöglichen, dies zwischen Ende Mai und Mitte August 1535 zu datieren. Die Titelseite und das Vorwort zeigen, dass ursprünglich geplant war, nicht nur die Gedichte von Catull, sondern auch jene von Tibull, Properz und Gallus in den Band aufzunehmen. Aber irgendwann nachdem die Titelseite und das Vorwort gesetzt worden waren, entschloss man sich, nur die Gedichte Catulls in den Band aufzunehmen, was aus einer in der ersten Lage gedruckten Liste von Errata deutlich wird. Der Band wurde wahrscheinlich in der zweiten Hälfte von 1535 fertiggestellt