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DE CODICIBUS LIBRORUM XI—XII.

secundus*), cui nota 2539 imponitur, saeculi XV aetatem non superat, olim Augustini Cardinalis Trivultii'. Reperiuntur enim in Bergmanni scriptis lectiones quaedam ex codice Paris. 1662, quae prorsus consentiunt eis, quae Wesseling ex suo codice regio secundo attulit; veluti uterque testatur libri XII capita 55 et 56 ingenti lacuna mutilata esse. Codex L scriptus est a librario haud indocto, sed parum diligenti, qui sua commenta pro verbis traditis interserere religioni non habuit. Hi tres codices AHL quam arte inter se coniuncti, quam longe disiuncti a ceteris sint, ex conspectu lectionum, quem infra dabimus, apparebit: in praesens quae ratio inter hos ipsos libros AHL intercedat, paucis explicabimus. Neque A ab L, neque L ab A originem trahere potuit, quod praeter lacunas utrique communes aliae exstant, quibus aut unus codex A aut, quod multo saepius occurrit, unus L laborat. Velut A omisit libri duodecimi totum caput 80, codex L, ut modo memoravimus, eiusdem libri capita 55 et 56. Utrique horum codicum praestare videtur H: nimirum non aetate, sed integritate; quo magis est dolendum, quod qui codicem H conferendum suscepit, maiore usus est festinatione, quam ut singulis quibusque locis, quae sit huius libri lectio, constet. Deest ergo codex aliquis, qui unus nobis sit instar totius huius generis. Quam ob causam studiosissimus fueram codicem inspiciendi, qui libris AHL et genere propinquus et aetate superior est. Dico codicem

*) Secundum hunc dicit in praefatione, ubi de omnibus Diodori codicibus Parisinis agitur: priorem in notis ad libros XI—XV, ubi numero secundo non hic, sed codex I significatur. 2*

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ON THE MANUSCRIPTS OF BOOKS XI—XII.

(Γ) Venetus 375, in smaller quarto, of the 11th century*), which in 293 folios contains the five books XI—XV, preceded by an index of chapters. From it, a few readings are set forth in the catalogue of the Biblioteca Marciana by Lorenzo Theupolo (an. 1740) p. 179: although these are few, they suffice, however, for us to recognize the similarity of this book with codices AHL. Wherefore I wished to learn more; but when I asked, the response was that that book is too precious to be sent to Germany. Would that, therefore, among the Italians themselves someone might finally arise who would examine this codex, hidden from foreigners, and make public what he finds. FIKM. F is the Laurentian codex of the LXXth bookcase, XII, on paper, of the 14th century, containing in 278 folios the ten books XI—XX of Diodorus Siculus, with arguments of the chapters prefixed to each book; that this was collated with the published text by the most distinguished Cocchi is shown by the marginal numbers, which occur repeatedly, marked in his hand (Bandin. catalog. cod. Graec. II p. 672). This book, 'of the best quality,' is the same one that Wesseling in the preface of his edition said was a manuscript written most completely and correctly on parchment, a splendid specimen of which had been sent to him by the most distinguished Cocchi. But of the use of these readings, says Wesseling, because the matter seemed tedious and detrimental to the bookseller, it was not permitted to enjoy it; I observed sufficiently that in most respects they agree amicably with the Claromontani. Dindorf later had this codex collated anew through Francesco de Furia, to whom we owe whatever we have adduced under the siglum F in the critical apparatus. It must be noted that the read-

*) 12th century: Morelli, Biblioth. Manuscr. p. 241.

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