Philo About the Contemplative Life (De Vita Contemplativa)

C = no. 40 in the same library. It is written in 4to, on paper, foll. 449, in the XIVth century. This also belonged to Bessarion. Owing to a fault in the binding there is wrongly introduced in the middle of the D. V. C., foll. 59-66 of the MS., a quaternion of which the first words are μητραὶ γὰρ οἱ ἐν τέλει Περσῶν for the mothers of those in power among the Persians. This is part of the De Sp. Legg. On the Special Laws, Mangey's Ed., vol. 2, pp. 301-33. Dr. L. Cohn's H.

D = Codex Oxoniensis Collegii Noui 143 Oxford New College Manuscript 143. Paper, largest format, 16th century. The second part, which contains the D. V. C., was written at Padua, A. D. 1533.

E = Codex Parisiensis Coislinianus Parisian Coislin Manuscript, no. 43. This codex was written on parchment in the XVIth century. The D. V. C. occupies fol. 219 r.-227 r. Dr. L. Cohn's C. I owe my collation of this MS. to the kindness of Prof. M. L. Massebieau of Paris.

G = no. 433 of the Bibliothèque Nationale, folio, on paper. The Paris Catalogue, A. D. 1740, states as follows: This codex was for the most part written by the hand of Sophianus. Three copyists of this name are given in Gardthausen's list, namely: Alex. Trallianus, 14th century, and Michael and Nicolaus, A. D. 1552. This is Dr. L. Cohn's L.

H = no. 434 of the Bibliothèque Nationale, folio, on paper, of the XVIth century. It was originally at Fontainebleau and numbered 2250. Dr. Cohn in the introduction of his edition of the De Mundi Op. On the Creation of the World points out that this codex was written early in the XVIth century. I owe my collation of it to Prof. Massebieau. This is Dr. Cohn's K.

I = no. 2221 of the Bibliothèque Nationale, written on paper in the XVIth century. Collated by Prof. Massebieau.

K = no. 39 of the Library of St. Mark in Venice, in folio, written on parchment in the XVth century. Foll. 271. In it is written κτῆμα Βησσαρίωνος, ἐπισκόπου κ.τ.λ. property of Bessarion, bishop, etc.

L = Codex, no. B. 9. 6, of the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge, in large fol., on paper. It seems to have been written in the XVIth century.

O = Codex Uaticano-Palatinus Graecus Vatican-Palatine Greek Manuscript 248, cotton paper, 14th-15th century.

M = Codex Monacensis Graecus Munich Greek Manuscript 459, formerly of Augsburg, parchment, square format, 13th century, written in a most elegant hand.