the-book-of-enoch-r-h-charles - Fallen Angels

Introduction xxi
Libraiy for the use of English editors. Of the remaining MSS
I have directly examined twenty-two, i. e. g^gmqtu, abfkiklno,
and suvwy-fi-fi.
Of these I photographed thirteen, i. e. g^gmqtu,
fhikliio. Five others, i. e. ahy-^a^h, I had no need to photograph,
as the owners of ^a-fi most kindly put these MSS. at my service
for the space of two years, while aby were always at hand for
consultation in the Bodleian, to which y had been lent for that
purpose by the Munich Library. Of the Abbadian MSS. rsvw
I made collations on a number of test passages while at Abbadia.
These readings are appended in foot-notes on these MSS. in the
following list, and are sufficient to show the affinities of these
MSS. amongst MSS. of the second class. Finally, as regards
cdex I have used Dillmann's collation of cde and a photograph
of X which I procured from the Vatican. Thus for the construc-
tion of the present text I have had at my service photographs
of fourteen MSS. g^^^m qiii, the constant use of the five MSS.
aby^a ^j, Dillmann^s collations of e d e, Flemming's collation of p
(which I have used sparingly)—in all twenty-three MSS. Four
other MSS. rsvw I have collated sufficiently to determine their
character. Of the remaining MS. z (for ^z may be ignored as
a transcript of b) it is enough that we have Flemming's assiirance
that it is closely related to abcde.
The division of Enoch into chapters was made apparently in
the sixteenth century. The division into 108 chapters was made
by Dillmann without MSS. authority, but as it has been followed
by all subsequent scholars it is here adopted for the sake of con-
venience. The above division is indeed found in one MS., i. e.
h, but this MS. was unknown to Dillmann when he made his
text. Moreover, the chapters in h vary frequently in length
from those in Dillmann's text.
§ 8. Ethiopic MSS.
The full list of the MSS. is as follows :—
a. Bodley, No. 4. Large quarto. 40 foil. 3 cols. 105 chapters.
Latter half of 18th cent. Enoch only.^
' Laurence issued a transcript of this MS. in 1838-.