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DE CODICIBUS LIBRORUM XI—XII.

XIV 65, 4 ἔΤΙ ἄγειν] ἔΠάγειν XV 15, 2 ἸΤαλιώτας] Παρόντας 7, 3 λύΤΤης] λύπης = XV 58, 4 XIII 103, 4 Ὁ Cοφίλου] ΘΕοφίλου 91, 3 Ὁ Ἑρμοκράτους] ΘΕρμοκράτους PAH XIV 66, 4 Cύνολον] Οὖν ὅλον XII 9, 4 ἱκέτας] Οἰκέτας Pᵃ, Σικελιώτας AHL (Ἰταλιώτας cet.) XII 73, 3 ἅΜα P, om. FI, τἄΛΛα cet. XIV 69, 5 ἀλλά] ἅΜα P et XV 79, 2 PAFK Huiusmodi vitia considerantes fieri non potest, quin archetypum litteris, quas dicunt, uncialibus exaratum cogitatione fingamus. Illud archetypum antiquissimum fuisse ex ea re concludimus, quod codex P ipse ceteris multo antiquior transscriptus esse videtur ex exemplari minusculis litteris scripto. Inveniuntur enim in P menda huius generis: XII 70, 5 προσηλωθεῖσι] προσκλυσθεῖσι P XIII 19, 3 προσηλώσαντες] προσκλώσαντες P XIV 84, 7 ἦρκται] ἤρηται (sic!) P XIII 49, 1 Πυδναίων] στυδναίων P XIII 52, 4 ἐστί] ἐπί P XI 10, 1 Περσῶν] στρατῶν P. Hic oritur quaestio, cui aetati archetypum adscribendum sit, i. e. quo ex tempore lectiones a codice P alienae repeti possint. Quam rem ad explicandam non tot testimoniis, quot in primis quinque libris (vol. I p. XIX), uti possumus. Suidas et excerptores Constantiniani, praeterquam quod codicem P aetate paulo superant, hic nullam habent utilitatem: nam Suidas nusquam idoneas lectiones praebet, ex primis duodecim

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ON THE MANUSCRIPTS OF BOOKS XI—XII.

XIV 65, 4 ἔΤΙ ἄγειν] ἔΠάγειν XV 15, 2 ἸΤαλιώτας] Παρόντας 7, 3 λύΤΤης] λύπης = XV 58, 4 XIII 103, 4 Ὁ Cοφίλου] ΘΕοφίλου 91, 3 Ὁ Ἑρμοκράτους] ΘΕρμοκράτους PAH XIV 66, 4 Cύνολον] Οὖν ὅλον XII 9, 4 ἱκέτας] Οἰκέτας Pᵃ, Σικελιώτας AHL (Ἰταλιώτας cet.) XII 73, 3 ἅΜα P, om. FI, τἄΛΛα cet. XIV 69, 5 ἀλλά] ἅΜα P et XV 79, 2 PAFK Considering errors of this kind, it is impossible not to conceive in our imagination that the archetype was written in what are called uncial letters. That this archetype was most ancient we conclude from the fact that codex P itself, much older than the others, seems to have been transcribed from an exemplar written in minuscule letters. For in P are found errors of this type: XII 70, 5 προσηλωθεῖσι] προσκλυσθεῖσι P XIII 19, 3 προσηλώσαντες] προσκλώσαντες P XIV 84, 7 ἦρκται] ἤρηται (sic!) P XIII 49, 1 Πυδναίων] στυδναίων P XIII 52, 4 ἐστί] ἐπί P XI 10, 1 Περσῶν] στρατῶν P. Here arises the question of what age should be assigned to the archetype, i.e., from what time readings alien to codex P can be derived. To explain this matter, we cannot use as many testimonies as in the first five books (vol. I p. XIX). Suidas and the Constantinian excerptors, besides being slightly older than codex P, offer no utility here: for Suidas nowhere provides suitable readings; from the first twelve

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