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Introduction extant folios, and notably contains only the two treatises of “Heron of Byzantium.” Dain’s suggestion of a mid-eleventh-century date (Müller and Gianelli say only 11th century without further specification) might be questioned in light of the recent tendency to place manuscripts earlier. 52 Of the origin of the manuscript and the reasons for the lack of rubrication we know nothing. Later interlinear annotations 53 on folios 4r–v, 6v, 7r, 53v, and 54r and their subsequent erasure have obscured some accents and the upper portion of some letters. The first folio is reproduced in fig. A. The edition, then, is based on the archetype, Vat. gr. 1605, previously not used in any edition. 54 Where I have recorded the conjectures of the previous editors, I have, for the sake of clarity, generally also included the related reading of the apograph as they report it; in some instances a negative entry appeared sufficient. In those instances where I have preferred the reading of an apograph to the Vaticanus, the reading of the apograph is also derived from the printed edition. I have not noted in the apparatus editorial conjectures or errors and omissions in the apographs for which the archetype provides correct readings. I have supplied in angle brackets and generally without further notice initial paragraph letters omitted in the Vaticanus 55 due to lack of rubrication. As the text has generally been cited from Wescher’s and Vincent’s editions, their page numbers are noted in the margin preceded by “Wes” and “Vin”; I have not attempted to retain their line breaks. I have allowed the scribe’s inconsistency in employing elision and nu movable 52 For such earlier dating generally, see, e.g., Dagron, Traité, 14–15. 53 On their likely nature see Gianelli (as above, note 51), 262. 54 I note the following errors in Müller’s recorded readings of V, using his listing by Wescher’s and Vincent’s page and line numbers: 217, 2 §palify°nta: §palif°nta V || 252, 9 Ípemba¤nontai: Ípemba¤nonta V || 264, 15 sxãrion: sxar¤on V || 264, 17 diãmetra: diãmetroi V || 348, 17 Ùl¤gon diå grammãtvn: Ùl¤gvn (–vn per compendium) diågrammãtvn V || 350, 5 prÒw te gevdes¤an ka‹: prÒw te gevdes¤an te ka‹ V || 350, 6 te om.: te V || 350, 8 eÔ krin∞sai: eÈkrin∞sai V || 350, 10 eÈlÆptvw: eÈlÆptvn (–vn per compendium) V || 376, 14 ëper: ësper V || 378, 6 ofl dÄ: ı idÄ V || 390, 6 boliboËn: moliboËn V ||. In one instance Müller has not recorded a significant difference, i.e., Vincent 396, 8 has lbÄ (i.e., “32”); Müller makes no comment, while V has lbÄ bÄÄ (i.e., “32 2/3”), on which see the related note in the commentary. 55 Parangelmata 1, 4, 11, 13–20, 22, 24, 25, 27–29, 39 1, 17 , 42, 43, 45–50, 52, 53, 55– 58 and Geodesia 1, 3–7, 8 1, 60, 85, 96, 105 , 9 1, 46 , 10 1, 19 , 11. [ 22 ]
Introduction to remain as it appears in the manuscript. Errors resulting from iotacism, homophonic confusions, dittography (e.g., p°tallon for p°talon in all but one instance), and incorrect accents and breathings are not recorded unless a different meaning is possible. Measurement Units in the Text For specific numerical measurements of length the author uses the dãktulow (“finger”), poÊw (“foot”), p∞xuw (“cubit”), and Ùrguã (“fathom”); the stãdion (“stade”) is employed in a scholion. He also mentions the palaistÆ (“palm”) and the spiyamÆ (“span”). Proportional relationships between units of measure are explicitly stated in Parangelmata 18 and 38 and in the scholion at Geodesia 6. The author uses 16 dãktuloi = 1 poÊw, 11/2 pÒdew = 1 p∞xuw, 4 pÆxeiw = 1 Ùrguã; also the palaistÆ = 4 dãktuloi, the spiyamÆ = 12 dãktuloi. The author compares (Parangelmata 38) for commensurability different siege towers built using pÆxeiw and pÒdew respectively as the units of measure. In Geodesia 9 in measuring the volume of the cistern of Aspar, he makes a comparison between the cubic p∞xuw and Ùrguã a major part of his presentation. An analogous situation exists for units of liquid volume, the kerãmion and the kãdow. Given the integral nature of the specific measurement units to the text and the differences between, for example, the Byzantine pous and the English “foot,” it has seemed best to simply transliterate the measurement terms. The units of length have the following values; for in-depth treatment see Schilbach, Metrologie. 1 dãktulow, pl. dãktuloi (daktylos, daktyloi) 1.95 cm 1 palaistÆ, pl. palaista¤ (palaiste, palaistai) 7.8 cm 1 spiyamÆ, pl. spiyama¤ (spithame, spithamai) 23.4 cm 1 poÊw, pl. pÒdew (pous, podes) 31.23 cm 1 p∞xuw, pl. pÆxeiw (pechys, pecheis) 46.8 cm 1 Ùrguã, pl. Ùrgua¤ (orgya, orgyai) 1.87 m [ 23 ]
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