%0 Journal Article
%T A Curious Mistake Concerning Cranial Sutures in Aristotle's Parts of Animals, or, the Use and Abuse of the Footnote
%A Barbara Clayton
%J Glossator : Practice and Theory of the Commentary
%D 2010
%I 
%X This article examines an erroneous claim Aristotle makes in Parts of Animals about the number of cranial sutures in men and women, in the context of a discussion of this mistake by Robert Mayhew in his study, The Female in Aristotle¡¯s Biology. By subjecting both Mayhew¡¯s use of existing commentary on this passage and the references in his corresponding footnote to a literary analysis, the author explores the potential for play in the footnote, and its ability to destabilize the very argument it is intended to support.
%K Aristotle
%K footnotes
%K On the Parts of Animals
%U http://solutioperfecta.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/clayton-curious-mistake.pdf