Complete Works of Claudius Ptolemy, Vol. II (1898) - Page 17

codex Marcian 323, paper, 15th century, about which see Catalog of Greek Astrological Codices II (Brussels 1900) p. 2 ff.*) It contains the Hypotheses f. 471—478. I collated it in Venice in 1899.

codex Marcian 324, paper, 14th—15th century, see ibid. p. 4—16. It contains the Hypotheses f. 192v—197. I collated it in Venice in 1899.

B — codex Vatican Gr. 1594, see I p. IV.

Furthermore, I have accepted one or two good readings from these codices, which I inspected or collated in 1899—1900:

C — codex Paris. gr. 2390, see I p. V and below chap. I.

D — codex Vatican. gr. 1038, see below chap. I cod. 14. It depends on B.

E — codex Ambros. C 263 inf., now 903, paper, 16th century, formerly Pinelli, see Martini and Bassi, Catalog of Greek codices of the Ambrosian Library, Milan 1906, p. 1011 ff. It contains the Hypotheses f. 113—121r. It depends on A.

F — codex Ambros. H 57 sup., now 437, parchment, 14th century, see Martini and Bassi l.c. p. 527 ff.**) It contains the Hypotheses f. 58—65. It is close to B.

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And since disease is opposed to health written above: necessity, and symmetry and well-being do not belong to the healthy one, then the opposite will belong, namely the elements being asymmetrical and the body being in a bad state. But this is illness, and that is health; therefore disease is the same as health; which is absurd. Therefore, the things that necessarily belong to something will not belong to that which is named after it; if therefore two or more things, and the rest of the proposition.

*) Compare Treatises on the History of Mathematics IX p. 172 ff.

**) There the codex is attributed to the beginning of the 15th century; but the canon of kings on f. 145 by the first hand does not progress beyond Andronicus III and his son John (1328—90); another hand added their years, Manuel II, John VII, Constantine XII, a third hand ho amiras ho mourat the Emir Murad. It was written in the East.