PREFACE OF THE EDITOR

v. Cracoviensem of the University Library 416, paper, maximum format, sixteenth century. It contains on leaves 132—171v Florus, to which the following is subscribed in red lead: The Epitome of Lucius Annaeus Florus on Titus Livius ends. Here begins a certain abbreviation which I found in a manuscript of very ancient script, read and annotated by the hands of the bountiful Petrarch (sic); and on leaves 171v—203, Livy's summaries.1) Although this codex always agrees with Parisinus 7701, one cannot assume it was handled by Petrarch because the postillae marginal annotations written by his hand are not present in it. Moreover, from the catalog of the monastery of S. Spiritus in Florence, which received his books by inheritance, it is seen that Florus and the summaries were among them.2) For the codex described there as Licii amei florii empitomae in tituliuio has its beginning as The Roman people is indicated to have been—which are the first words of Florus—and its end on the penultimate leaf the Alpine people lost... as exists in the summary of Livy's book CXXXV (p. 107, 20 ed. O. Iahn).

Therefore, although I had collated these codices in their entirety or inspected them in as many places as possible, I only mentioned them where they seemed to contribute to correcting the words of Florus or provided readings memorable for other reasons. It is not very credible that great utility can be gained from those similar to them which lie hidden elsewhere.3) But the mark s which frequently occurs in Iahn and others was no longer necessary to append.4)

1) Under the summaries, this subscription in red lead exists: The summaries of all books of Titus Livius from the founding of the city have ended. — I copied these from a very ancient codex, the first statement of which is very similar to the subscription of Parisinus 7701, see 'Rhenish Museum' XLIV (1889) p. 97.
2) 'Centralblatt für Bibliothekwesen' IV (1887) p. 153.
3) Just as I do not know if the Fermensis (parchment, 13th century, see 'Archiv für d. ält. deutsche Geschichtskunde' IX [1847] p. 642) is worthy of being collated, as I tried in vain to obtain any information about it.
4) Experts know how lightly the mark s is often placed in 'critical editions' on readings that were not present in the collated codices.