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probably copied direct from F soon after F was written, but may possibly have been copied from the archetype of F. It is still at Monte Cassino, and was transcribed by Keil in 1848. It was published in facsimile as an appendix to Sexti Iulii Frontini de aquaeductu Urbis Romae Sextus Julius Frontinus on the Aqueducts of the City of Rome, a phototyped reproduction of the entire manuscript, Monte Cassino, 1930.

4. The grammarian Priscian, who flourished about A.D. 500, transcribed into his De Figuris Numerorum On Number Figures Varro’s passage on coined money, beginning with multa penalty/fine, last word of v. 168, and ending with Nummi denarii decuma libella The denarius coin is the tenth part of a libella, at the beginning of v. 174. The passage is given in H. Keil’s Grammatici Latini Latin Grammarians iii. 410-411. There are many manuscripts, the oldest and most important being Codex Parisinus 7496, of the ninth century.

5. Codex Laurentianus li. 5, written at Florence in 1427, where it still remains; it was examined by Keil. It is known as f.

6. Codex Havniensis, of the fifteenth century; on paper, small quarto, 108 folia; now at Copenhagen. It was examined by B. G. Niebuhr for Koeler, and his records came into the hands of L. Spengel. It is known as H.

7. Codex Gothanus, parchment, of the sixteenth century, now at Gotha; it was examined by Regel for K. O. Mueller, who published its important variants in his edition, pages 270-298. It is known as G.

8. Codex Parisinus 7489, paper, of the fifteenth century, now at Paris; this and the next two were examined by Donndorf for L. Spengel, who gives their different readings in his edition, pages 661-718. It is known as a.

9. Codex Parisinus 6142, paper, of the fifteenth