On the Months

...corrected the Barberini manuscript, and has now inserted several items from the Vatican volume; furthermore, he has noted variant readings and chapter summaries with greater care. We, however, have taken care that the work be transcribed as flawlessly as possible according to the transcript original: apographum; a handwritten copy of a manuscript used as the basis for a printed edition. of the illustrious editor, and that a comprehensive index of subjects be added. In this effort, the work of our mutual friend, the distinguished Christian Daniel Beck Christian Daniel Beck (1757–1832) was a renowned German philologist, historian, and theologian at the University of Leipzig., assisted both us and the editor. As to how much value may be drawn from this work—whether one considers the subjects themselves being discussed or the fragments of ancient authors cited throughout—let the judgment of others inform us; no one will require that we proclaim its worth ourselves.