GENERATION OF ANIMALS 



century. G.A. is written in a 12th century 



hand. 

 P \'aticanus graecus 1339- Great variation of 



opinion upon the date of this manuscript has been 



expressed by various scholars. Some date it 12th 



century, others 15th. 

 Y Vaticanus graecus 261. 14th century (Btf.). 



The following are cited for a few places only : 

 m Parisinus 1921. 1-lth century. In this ms. G.A. 



is accompanied by the commentary of Michael 



of Ephesus. 

 O'^ Riccardianus 13. Late 14th century. 

 E Parisinus regius 1853. Written in various hands, 



from 10th to 15th century. G.A. is in a 15th 



century hand. 



The follo\\ing manuscripts of Michael Scot's trans- (j») Michael 

 lation are to be found in this country : translation. 



Cambridge, L'niversity Library li. 3. 16. 

 Cambridge, University Library Dd. 4. 30. 

 Cambridge, Gonville and Caius College 109- 

 Oxford, Merton College 278. 

 Oxford, Balliol College 252. 

 London, British Museum Royal 12. C. XV. 

 London, British Museum Harl. 4970. 



All these are of the 13th or 14th century. I have 

 seen all these mss. of Scot's translation, but chiefly 

 o^^ing to present conditions I have worked with the 

 two first mentioned onh'." 



The chief mss. cited by Bekker for G.A. (namely, The text: 

 PSYZ) are identical with four of the six cited by him ^^tfon f"' 



" Lists of MSS. of William of Moerbeke's translation will be 

 found in G. Rudberg, Textstudien zur Tiergeschichte des 

 Aristoteles (1908), and L. Dittmeyer (see below, p. xxix). 



