INTRODUCTION 



I. BIBLIOGRAPHY AND ABBREVIATIONS USED 



A. Textual Authorities 



WIMMER divides the authorities on which the text 

 of the irepi (f>vro)v la-ropia is based into three classes: 



First Class : 



U. Codex Urbinas : in the Vatican. Collated by 

 Bekker and Amati; far the best extant 

 MS., but evidently founded on a much 

 corrupted copy. See note on 9. 8. 1. 



P 2 . Codex Parisiensis : at Paris. Contains con- 

 siderable excerpts ; evidently founded on a 

 good MS. ; considered by Wimmer second 

 only in authority to U. 



(Of other collections of excerpts may 

 be mentioned one at Munich, called after 

 Pletho.) 



Second Class : 



M (M p M 2 ). Codices Medicei : at Florence. 

 Agree so closely that they may be re- 

 garded as a single MS. ; considered by 

 Wimmer much inferior to U, but of higher 

 authority than Aid. 



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