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choice left us, as between S and C, for the mss. of Ceylon, and must 

 perforce use C. And although either K or C would serve for "Kam- 

 bodiau " or " Cambodian," it is most fortunate that we have a choice 57 

 and can avoid using the preempted and ambiguous C by employing the 

 unambiguous K. 



The most important one of these four designations, C (and not S) 

 for Cingalese, was employed in 1877 by Fausbull in the first volume 

 of the Jataka. Again, in 1885, in his ed. of the Sutta-nipata, he goes 

 still farther on the right course, and designates his Burmese mss. by B 

 and his Cingalese mss. by C, distinguishing the individuals of each class 

 by suggestive exponents. Thus B a is the Burmese ms. of the Asiatic So- 

 ciety of London, and B 1 is that of the India Office. C k is the Cinga- 

 lese ms. in Kopenhagen, and C b is that of the British Museum. Two 

 years later, in 1887, no less than three, and those the most important, 

 of the four designations (B = Burmese, C = Cingalese, S = Siamese) 

 were all settled, and settled wisely, by Fausboll in his preface to the 

 Jataka, vol. 4, p. vi. 



The exponents. — The exponents may very well be either Arabic 

 numerals or small letters, or both numerals and letters may be used to- 

 gether. I think the numerals (but only from 1 to 9) are better than 

 the letters, unless it is desired to suggest by a small letter the name of 

 some especially famous library or scholar. Numbers with two digits 

 should be avoided ; if there are more than nine authorities in a given 

 group, numbers and letters may be used together as exponents. 



Typography of the designations of the mss. — The group-letter 

 should always be a capital letter, and no period or other mark of punc- 

 tuation should be used after it as a part of the designation. 58 The use 

 of a digraph as siglum is not to be tolerated : thus Ph for Phayre should 

 be avoided. The exponents may be set either as "superiors" (thus: 

 B 1 ) or else so as to be on a line with the group-letter (thus : Bl) ; 59 but 

 the best and easiest way of all is to set the exponents with a hybrid 

 type, of which the face is two points smaller than the body (thus : Bl). 

 If letters (not numbers) are used as exponents, they should certainly 

 be small letters, never capitals ; 60 and I think it is better that they 



57 In the Mhvn. of 1908, the editor chooses C for Kanibodian, although he 

 had already chosen K for it in List 13. 



58 After the group-letter as a part of a sentence in which it may occur, any 

 appropriate mark of punctuation may of course be put. 



69 Never below the line; the bad effect of this method is exemplified in 

 vol. III. of the Aiiguttara. 



60 Volume II. of the ASguttara shows the clumsy effect of capitals used as 

 exponents. 



