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CCXX codex chart. in fol. (constans fol. 276) an. 1546 descriptus ac non compactus, quo continentur Diodori Siculi libri quinque XI—XV. CCXXI codex chart. in fol. (complectens fol. 272) saeculo XVI exaratus ac Venetiis an. 1553 emptus scutis aureis decem. Ibi habentur Diodori libri quinque XI—XV. CCXXII codex chart. in fol. (constans fol. 230) saeculo XVI exaratus, quo continentur Diodori libri septem XI—XVII. Hi tres codices una cum duobus aliis, quibus continentur Diodori libri I—V, nunc venerunt in possessionem bibliothecae Berolinensis. Tamen nondum exploratum est, ad utrum illorum codicum, ad primum (CCXX) an ad secundum (CCXXI), lectiones a Camusato collectae referendae sint. M Marci bibliothecae codex quidam Venetus in usum Wesselingi per Blasium Caryophilum collatus est. Quo de codice ambigua verba fecit Wesseling; cum enim ex eis, quae in praefatione indicat, codicem libros XI—XV continentem exspectemus, occurrimus in eius editionis vol. I p. 633 (XIII 111, 5 ἐκ δυεῖν) notae: 'Venetus hic desinit'. Ceterum quidquid ex hoc Veneto affertur, tanto abhorret a diligentia et sinceritate, ut ei fidem plane derogem. Licet librarius iste suo ingenio usus duos tresve locos sanaverit, multo saepius cupiditate corrigendi inductus etiam longius a veritate aberravit. Quoniam codices, qui quidem nobis cogniti sunt, percensuimus, nunc demonstraturi sumus non verbosa disputatione, sed delectis exemplis, cur codices hoc modo distinxerimus. Inde non solum apparebit omnes

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PREFACE.

CCXX, a paper codex in folio (consisting of 276 folios), copied in the year 1546 and not bound, containing the five books XI—XV of Diodorus Siculus. CCXXI, a paper codex in folio (comprising 272 folios), written in the 16th century and bought in Venice in the year 1553 for ten gold scudi. Therein are contained Diodorus' five books XI—XV. CCXXII, a paper codex in folio (consisting of 230 folios), written in the 16th century, containing the seven books XI—XVII of Diodorus. These three codices, together with two others containing Diodorus' Books I—V, have now come into the possession of the Berlin library. Yet it has not yet been ascertained to which of those codices, the first (CCXX) or the second (CCXXI), the readings collected by Camusatus are to be referred. M is a certain codex of the Marciana library in Venice, collated for Wesseling's use by Blasius Caryophilus. Concerning this codex, Wesseling spoke ambiguously; for although from what he indicates in the preface we would expect a codex containing Books XI—XV, we encounter in vol. I p. 633 (XIII 111, 5 ἐκ δυεῖν) of his edition the note: 'Here the Venetus ends.' Moreover, whatever is adduced from this Venetus is so far removed from diligence and sincerity that I completely withhold confidence from it. Although that scribe, using his own ingenuity, may have healed two or three places, much more often, induced by a desire to correct, he strayed even further from the truth. Now that we have reviewed the manuscripts that are known to us, we intend to demonstrate, not by verbose discussion, but by selected examples, why we have distinguished the manuscripts in this way. From this it will not only appear that all