A Sixth-Century Fragment of the Letters of Pliny the Younger - A Study of Six Leaves of an Uncial Manuscript Preserved - in the Pierpont Morgan Library New York

E. A. (Elias Avery) Lowe, Edward Kennard Rand

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A SIXTH-CENTURY FRAGMENT OF THE LETTERS OF PLINY THE YOUNGER A STUDY OF SIX LEAVES OF AN UNCIAL

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CONTENTS.

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Contents, size, vellum, binding Ruling Relation of the six leaves to the rest of the manuscript Original size of the manuscript Disposition Ornamentation Corrections Syllabification Orthography Abbreviations Authenticity of the six leaves Archetype T HE D ATE   AND L ATER H STIYOR   OF   THE M SUNATPIRC On the dating of uncial manuscripts Dated uncial manuscripts Oldest group of uncial manuscripts Characteristics of the oldest uncial manuscripts Date of the Morgan manuscript Later history of the Morgan manuscript Conclusion T TIONPIRCSNAR P ART II. T HE T EXT   OF   THE M ORGAN F RAGMENT . B Y E. K. R AND . T HE M ORGAN F TNEMGAR   AND A LDUS ’ S A NCIENT C ODEX P SINIRAUS The Codex Parisinus The Bodleian volume The Morgan fragment possibly a part of the lost Parisinus The script Provenience and contents The text closely related to that of Aldus Editorial methods of Aldus R EALITNO   OF   THE M ORGAN F GMENTAR   TO   THE O THER M SUNAPIRCST   OF   THE L ETRSTE Classes of the manuscripts The early editions Πa member of Class I Πthe direct ancestor ofBFwith probably a copy intervening The probable stemma Further consideration of the external history ofP,Π, andB Evidence from the portions ofBFoutside the text ofΠ E LAIROTID M SDOHTE   OF A LDUS Aldus’s methods; his basic text The variants of Budaeus in the Bodleian volume Aldus and Budaeus compared The latest criticism of Aldus

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