THOMAS.] PAGING OP THE DRESDEN CODEX. 2G5 



page three has been left unfinished, because the lower half was only 

 begun by the writer. 



" I do not wish to conceal my view that the two pieces which Aglio 

 found were separated from the beginning; that they belong even to 

 two different manuscripts, though written in the same form; but, 

 since it is human to err, I will here and there follow custom in the 

 succeeding pages in speaking of one codex. 



" My conviction rests especially on the fact that the writer of man- 

 uscript A (pp. 1-45) endeavors to divide each page by two horizontal 

 lines into three parts, which the writer of manuscript B (pp. 4G-74) 

 rarely does. The more precise statement is as follows: In A, pp. 

 1-33 and 29-43 always show two such lines in red color; pp. 35-28 

 have no red lines, but clearly show a division into three parts; p. 34 

 is the only one of this manuscript that has only writing and no pict- 

 ures and where the greater continuity of the written speech forbids 

 tripartition (here ends one side of the manuscript); finally, p. 45 

 seems to be marked as the real end of the whole by the fact that it 

 contains three very light lines, dividing it into four parts; moreover, 

 everything on this page is more crowded, and the figures are smaller 

 than on the preceding pages, just as in some modern books the last 

 page is printed more closely or in smaller type for want of space. In 

 the same manner I suspect that p. 1 is the real beginning of the 

 manuscript. This is indicated by the bad condition of leaf 3 44, 

 which has lost one corner and whose page 44 has lost its writing alto- 

 gether. For, if in folding the codex leaf 1 45 was turned from within 

 outward, somewhat against the rule, leaf 3 44 was the outer (jne, 

 and p. 44 lay above or below, and was thus most exposed to injury. 

 I will not omit mentioning that my attention has been called by Dr. 

 Carl Scliultz-Scllark, of Berlin, to the possiliility .,f leaves 1 45 and 3 

 44haviii-' liccii fastened to the rest in a i-i-vi'iscil |i<.si(i(Jii. siithat43. 1 

 and 3 ami on tlie other side 44, 45, 3 were adjuiiiiiig; tliini the gods 

 worild here be grouped together, which follow each other also on 

 pages 29 and 30. It cannot be denied that this supposition explains 

 the bad condition of leaf 3 44 still better, because then it must have 

 been the outermost of the manuscript; 44 would be the real title page, 

 so to say, and on p. 45 the writer began, not ended, his representa- 

 tion, with the closer writing of which I have spoken, and only after- 

 ward passed on to a more splendid style; and this assumption tallies 

 very well with some other facts. But all this can only be cleared up 

 after further progress has been made in deciphering the manuscript. 



" In two places, moreover, this first manuscript shows an extension 

 of the drawings from one page over to the neighboring one, namely, 

 from 4 to 5 and from 30 to 31. This is not found on the second 

 manuscript. From continuity of contents, if we are allowed to 

 assume it from similarity of pictures and partition, we may suppose 

 tliis manuscript to be divided into chapters in the following manner: 



