INTRODUCTION 



P. Codex Parisiensis : at Paris. Considered by 

 Winimer somewhat inferior to M and V, 

 and more on a level with Aid. 



mP. Margin of the above. A note in the MS. 

 states that the marginal notes are not scholia, 

 but variae lecliones aid emendaliones. 



V. Codex Vindobonensis : at Vienna. Contains 

 the first five books and two chapters of the 

 sixth ; closely resembles M in style and 

 readings. 



Third Class : 



Aid. Editio Aldina : the editio princeps, printed 

 at Venice 1195-8. Believed by Wimmer 

 to be founded on a single MS., and that 

 an inferior one to those enumerated above, 

 and also to that used by Gaza. Its readings 

 seem often to show signs of a deliberate 

 attempt to produce a smooth text : hence 

 the value of this edition as witness to an 

 independent MS. authority is much im- 

 paired. 



(Bas. Editio Basiliensis : printed at Bale, 1541. 

 A careful copy of Aid., in which a number 

 of printer's errors are corrected and a few 

 new ones introduced (Wimmer). 



Cam. Editio Camotiana (or Aldina minor, altera) : 

 printed at Venice, 1552. Also copied from 

 Aid., but less carefully corrected than Bas. ; 

 the editor Camotius, in a few passages, 



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