The Birthday Book (De Die Natali)

The Codex Vaticanus Vatican Codex no. 4229, on parchment of a square format, written in two columns and very well preserved from the tenth century, claims the next place in both antiquity and quality. I collated this with the edition of Gruber of the year 1810. Contained in this book, besides Censorinus—who is written in the first place and completes thirty-one leaves with the fragment—are: Precepts of the Art of Music collected from Six [authors], Augustine On Music, a Sermon, Plautus's Aulularia, and the epitome of Valerius Maximus by Julius Paris (see Mai's collect. nov. III p. XXI sqq.). Also, the three books of Pomponius Mela On Geography (see Pressel, N. Rhein. Mus. II p. 153). On the first leaf, it is noted: Bought from the books of Cardinal Sirleti *). This is the same [codex] to which Aldus Manuccius Aldus Manutius, son of Paulus, grandson of Aldus, inscribed his edition of Censorinus that appeared at Venice in 1581. Yet he did not use this codex. For what he proclaims about himself, I collated one exemplar with many others which are with me, is to be understood as annotations concerning ancient editions. Only one "ancient book" seems to be a manuscript codex (m), yet it is different from the Vatican codex and of a far inferior note. Manutius himself, however, corrected certain things not badly, and brought forth very many partially excellent conjectures of Joannis Cauchii John Cauchius **), which I do not know where he obtained.

The Codex Gorlicensis Gorlitz Codex of the Milichian library, no.

*) Cf. Blum's Iter Italic. III p. 68. IV p. 276.
**) See Burmann on Valesius's emend. p. 117. Roth on Aemilius Probus p. 246.