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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.
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