On the Months

XII

In this entire business of annotating, I have been continuously and exceptionally helped by the handwritten notes of the distinguished men Hase and Creuzer, which they most kindly allowed me to publish alongside my own. When I consulted the former of these men regarding some of my conjectures and emendations, he sent a very detailed letter on May 27, 1824, original: "d. VI. Kal. Jun. ann. MDCCCXXIV." The editor uses the Roman calendar format. in which he not only resolved my doubts but also added many other observations that had occurred to him while reading. I have translated these notes, originally written in German, word-for-word into Latin While the editor translated the German notes into Latin for his 19th-century audience, they are here translated into English for the modern reader. as they are now read among my own annotations. For this generosity, I thank this most learned man from my heart; I also ask him that, if any parts have been rendered poorly into Latin, he might, with his usual kindness, excuse them along with my other errors. Creuzer, on the other hand, had written his notes in the margins of his own copy in such a way that I have seen to it they were transcribed for the press. These notes are marked with these abbreviations: HAS. and CR., while mine are distinguished from the others by these letters: RR.

Besides these two men, another pair of most learned and dear friends have done a great service to Lydus: I mean Ernest Anton Lewald and Lorenz Nokk. When I consulted Lewald regarding two passages from Aristotle contained in John’s Referring to the author, John Lydus. little work, he discussed them with such skill and insight in an essay excursus original: "excursu"; a detailed discussion of a specific point, often appended to the main text. which I added starting on page 300. He displayed there the same brilliance found in his other writings, as well as in his recent work on the Aristotelian Cate- The text cuts off mid-word, likely referring to Lewald’s work on Aristotle’s Categories.