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DE CODICIBUS LIBRORUM XIII—XV.
Peiresciani libri auctoritatem ceteris quoque locis minimam esse apparet ex eis quae dixi II p. XXXII (cf. XIV 105, 4). Neque Suidam ex melioribus Diodori codicibus sua hausisse satis docet unus locus XIII 67, 2 (cf. 35, 4. XIV 10, 2. 20, 3. 23, 1. XV 84, 2). 2. Quoniam ergo comprobatum est ab altera parte stare unum codicem P, ab altera ceteros omnes, nunc eligam locos paucos e multis, quibus ceteros libros ipsos in duas partes seiungendos esse demonstretur: XIII 7, 4 πεντακοσίους a | ὀκτακοσίους Pf 8, 4 Σικελοί a | ᾿Αϑηναῖοι Pf 46, 3 μετὰ σπουδῆς aP | om. f 94, 2 πλείω a | πλῆϑος P πλῆϑος FJK πλείω in marg. FJK πολλούς M XIV 12, 3 Βοιωτούς a | Βυζαντίους Pf 48, 5 λεηλατήσας aP | ἐλεηλάτησε καὶ f 79, 1 ᾿Ασίας AHP | Εὐρώπης f (L?) 82, 10 ἰδίας aP | οἰκείας f XV 40, 4 σφαλέντες a | σταλέντες aP γνωσϑέντες f 53, 1 ἐγένετο aP | γενόμενος παρῆλϑε f 58, 3 χιλίων καὶ διακοσίων a | χιλίων P χιλίων καὶ ἑξακοσίων f*) 64, 2 ὑπῆρχον aP | ἦσαν f
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1 *) Quantum codicum auctoritas ad lectiones ponderandas valeat, maxime sentimus in numeris ambigue traditis. Simili difficultate atque hic haeremus XIII 86, 5, ubi ἑπτακισχιλίων est in P, in ceteris πεντακισχιλίων.
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ARETHE Knowledge Engineering DivisionON THE MANUSCRIPTS OF BOOKS XIII—XV.
That the authority of the Peirescian book is minimal in other places as well is apparent from what I said in II p. XXXII (cf. XIV 105, 4). Nor does a single passage, XIII 67, 2 (cf. 35, 4. XIV 10, 2. 20, 3. 23, 1. XV 84, 2), sufficiently prove that Suidas drew his material from better manuscripts of Diodorus. 2. Since, therefore, it has been established that on one side stands codex P alone, on the other all the rest together, I will now select a few passages from the many by which it may be demonstrated that the remaining books themselves are to be separated into two parts: XIII 7, 4 πεντακοσίους (five hundred) a | ὀκτακοσίους (eight hundred) Pf 8, 4 Σικελοί (Sicilians) a | Ἀθηναῖοι (Athenians) Pf 46, 3 μετὰ σπουδῆς (with haste) aP | om. f 94, 2 πλείω (more) a | πλῆθος (multitude) P πλῆθος FJK πλείω in marg. FJK πολλούς (many) M XIV 12, 3 Βοιωτούς (Boeotians) a | Βυζαντίους (Byzantines) Pf 48, 5 λεηλατήσας (having plundered) aP | ἐλεηλάτησε καὶ (he plundered and) f 79, 1 Ἀσίας (Asia) AHP | Εὐρώπης (Europe) f (L?) 82, 10 ἰδίας (one's own) aP | οἰκείας (domestic) f XV 40, 4 σφαλέντες (having erred) a | σταλέντες (having been sent) aP γνωσθέντες (having been known) f 53, 1 ἐγένετο (it happened) aP | γενόμενος παρῆλθε (having happened, he came) f 58, 3 χιλίων καὶ διακοσίων (one thousand two hundred) a | χιλίων (one thousand) P χιλίων καὶ ἑξακοσίων (one thousand six hundred) f*) 64, 2 ὑπῆρχον (there were) aP | ἦσαν (they were) f
Commentario Arethe
ab altera parte stare unum codicem P, ab altera ceteros omnes
Vogel's fundamental stemmatic diagram for Diodorus XIII–XV: Codex P stands alone on one side, all other manuscripts on the other. The 'ceteri' then subdivide into two families: a (= AHL) and f (= FJK[M]). This tripartite stemma (P vs. a vs. f) is demonstrated through the variant readings that follow, showing how each family consistently presents different readings at the same loci. This is the Lachmannian method at its most elegant: diagnostic readings that cleanly separate manuscript families.