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DE CODICIBUS LIBRORUM XI—XII.

4. Accentus et spiritus librarius satis diligenter plurimis verbis superimposuit; interdum tamen desiderantur, alias abundant: ἐπάρχοντος, ἐπίσης, οὐχήκιστα — ἀνὠικοδόμησαν, σύνἐτελέσθη, μὴκέτι, μὴδὲμιᾶς etc. 5. Compendia saepissime adhibentur et in terminationibus vocabulorum (— αν, ην, ον, ων, ας, ες, ης, ος, οις, ους, ως, αι, ου) et in particulis (καί, δέ, γάρ, κατά, διά, πρός, παρά, περί); praeterea compendia nulla inveniuntur nisi solita: μρ̅ς (μητρός), πρ̅α (πατέρα), φιλαν̅οις (φιλανθρώποις), θ̅ν (θεόν), οὐ̅ὸν (οὐρανὸν), Χ̅ (χρόνων XI 65, 5; χρόνον XIII 1, 1). Alia, quae huc spectant, infra proferuntor, cum de archetypi imagine coniecturam faciemus. AHL. Coislinianus codex 149 saec. XV bombycinus, qui A est Parisiis in bibliotheca nationali servatus, continet libros I—V et XI—XV. Cuius auctoritas cum in primis quinque libris plane nulla sit (cf. vol. I p. XI), ad libros XI—XV recensendos aliquantum valet, praesertim cum hic codex A ceteris eiusdem notae libris (HL) diligentius tractatus sit. Contulit enim denuo totum codicem Hermannus Bezzel collationemque suam mecum communicavit, pro qua liberalitate summas ei ago gratias. Idem codicem A ex duabus partibus non eadem manu scriptis constare certis argumentis docuit (Coniecturae Diodoreae, dissert. Erlang. 1888 p. 2), quorum proximum est, quod in primo codicis folio haec invenitur inscriptio: 'Diodori Siculi in quinque libros divisos — sequitur liber sine titulus a principio tractans de diversis bellis' (i. e. libr. XI—XV).*)

*) Infra addita sunt haec: τοῦ τῆς σωτηρίας ἐπωνύμου σεβασμιωτάτου καρδινάλου. DIODORUS II. 2

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ON THE MANUSCRIPTS OF BOOKS XI—XII.

4. The scribe placed accents and breathings over most words with sufficient diligence; sometimes, however, they are missing, elsewhere they are abundant: ἐπάρχοντος, ἐπίσης, οὐχήκιστα — ἀνὠικοδόμησαν, σύνἐτελέσθη, μὴκέτι, μὴδὲμιᾶς etc. 5. Abbreviations are very often employed both in word endings (— αν, ην, ον, ων, ας, ες, ης, ος, οις, ους, ως, αι, ου) and in particles (καί, δέ, γάρ, κατά, διά, πρός, παρά, περί); besides these, no abbreviations are found except the usual ones: μρ̅ς (μητρός), πρ̅α (πατέρα), φιλαν̅οις (φιλανθρώποις), θ̅ν (θεόν), οὐ̅ὸν (οὐρανὸν), Χ̅ (χρόνων XI 65, 5; χρόνον XIII 1, 1). Other matters pertaining to this will be set forth below, when we make a conjecture about the image of the archetype. AHL. The Coislinian codex 149, of the 15th century, written on bombycine paper, which is A preserved in the National Library in Paris, contains Books I—V and XI—XV. Although its authority in the first five books is absolutely nil (cf. vol. I p. XI), for recensuing Books XI—XV it has some value, especially since this codex A has been more diligently treated than other books of the same class (HL). For Hermann Bezzel collated the entire codex anew and shared his collation with me, for which generosity I give him the greatest thanks. The same scholar demonstrated by certain proofs (Coniecturae Diodoreae, dissert. Erlang. 1888 p. 2) that codex A consists of two parts not written by the same hand, the nearest of which is that on the first folio of the codex is found this inscription: 'Diodori Siculi in quinque libros divisos — sequitur liber sine titulus a principio tractans de diversis bellis' (i.e. Books XI—XV).*)

*) Below these words are added: τοῦ τῆς σωτηρίας ἐπωνύμου σεβασμιωτάτου καρδινάλου. DIODORUS II. 2

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