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DE CODICIBUS LIBRORUM XI—XII.

cunda manu (nescio quo saeculo) additas saepe conspirare cum libris prioris classis. I Parisinus codex 1661 chartaceus, Fonteblandensis, olim Antonii Eparchi, qui hunc ipsum cum aliis non paucis regi Francisco I obtulit. Ibi continentur Diodori libri septem, ab undecimo ad decimum septimum, qui mutilus est. Praemittitur singulis libris capitum index. Is codex manu Nicolai Sophiani saeculo, ut videtur, XVI exaratus est (Catal. cod. biblioth. reg. Paris. 1760, II p. 383). Huius libri lectiones Wesselingio suppeditavit de la Barre. Cum autem in bibliotheca Parisina plures Diodori codices*) conserventur, ne ullus resideat scrupulus, quo ex libro ille sua hauserit, audi quibus verbis Wesseling codicem descripsit: tertius codex Parisinus (= Regius 2 in notis, cf. p. XIX), signatus indice MMLX, in fronte et calce haec ostentat: κτῆμα Ἀντωνίου τοῦ Ἐπάρχου, ὃ δέδωκεν εἰς σημεῖον εὐχαριστίας τῷ κρατίστῳ βασιλεῖ Κελτῶν, τῷ ἐπιφανεστάτῳ Φραγκίσκῳ, quibus deinde appingitur 'an Sophiani manu?' K Claromontanus codex, quo Diodori libri XI—XV continentur, collatus est a Camusato, qui, ut ait Wesseling, discrepantes scripturas ex Coisliniano et Claromontanis orae Diodori sui adscripsit. Enumerantur autem in Catalogo codicum collegii Claromontani (Paris. 1764) p. 69 tres libri:

*) Praeter codices I et L exstant Parisiis hi: Cod. 1660 chartaceus saec. XVI exaratus duorum librariorum manu continet Diodori libros XI—XX. — Cod. 1663 chartaceus saec. XVI continet libros XI—XV. — Ex his quoque libris Bergmann lectiones quasdam sibi comparavit (ad XII 56 et 57 spectantes), unde tamen nihil efficitur, nisi ut eorum auctoritatem minimam putemus. Scilicet uterque omisit XII 57, 4.

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ON THE MANUSCRIPTS OF BOOKS XI—XII.

readings added by a second hand (I know not from what century) often conspire with the books of the prior class. I is the Parisinus codex 1661, on paper, from Fontainebleau, formerly of Antonius Eparchus, who presented this very manuscript along with not a few others to King Francis I. Therein are contained seven books of Diodorus, from the eleventh to the seventeenth, which is mutilated. An index of chapters is prefixed to each book. This codex was written by the hand of Nicolaus Sophianus, in the 16th century, as it seems (Catal. cod. biblioth. reg. Paris. 1760, II p. 383). The readings of this book were supplied to Wesseling by de la Barre. But since several Diodorus codices*) are preserved in the Parisian library, lest any doubt remain as to which book he drew his material from, hear with what words Wesseling described the codex: 'the third Parisinus codex (= Regius 2 in the notes, cf. p. XIX), marked with the index MMLX, displays these words on its front and at the end: κτῆμα Ἀντωνίου τοῦ Ἐπάρχου, ὃ δέδωκεν εἰς σημεῖον εὐχαριστίας τῷ κρατίστῳ βασιλεῖ Κελτῶν, τῷ ἐπιφανεστάτῳ Φραγκίσκῳ, to which is then appended: 'an Sophiani manu?' K is the Claromontanus codex, which contains Diodorus' Books XI—XV, was collated by Camusatus, who, as Wesseling says, wrote the variant readings from the Coislinianus and the Claromontani in the margin of his own Diodorus. In the Catalogue of the manuscripts of the College of Clermont (Paris. 1764) p. 69, three books are enumerated:

*) Besides codices I and L, these exist in Paris: Cod. 1660, on paper, written in the 16th century by the hand of two scribes, contains Diodorus' Books XI—XX. — Cod. 1663, on paper, 16th century, contains Books XI—XV. — Bergmann also obtained certain readings from these books (pertaining to XII 56 and 57), from which, however, nothing is established, except that we consider their authority minimal. Namely, both omitted XII 57, 4.