IX

PREFACE.

(fol. 222b) a fragment of Longinus, On the Sublime, has been inserted; cf. Longin. ed. Jahn-Vahlen p. IX. 8. Galen, On the Use of Parts, Books I, II, and III (not complete), fol. 225–292b. It is deficient from the words "but also I think those observing" (p. 154, 22). Leaves 293–296 are blank. Following these books of Galen, from fol. 297a–350, are thirteen various writings, mostly anonymous, which it is irrelevant to enumerate here. Although this codex is corrupted in very many places due to the negligence of the scribe, it nevertheless agrees so very often with the Urbinas that it seems to have taken its origin from the same family as that one. However, it cannot be derived from the Urbinas itself, since in many places it alone displays the true writing, for example: p. 2, 6 τὰ κέρατα the horns, 7, 13 ἦν was, 16, 1 τῶν ἑξῆς λεγομένων of the following words, 20 καλά beautiful, 39, 2 ἀποστήσεσθαι to depart, 41, 3 ἐκινδύνευσεν he risked, 13 αὐτοῦ of him/it, 43, 6 δίχα σχισθείς split in two, 53, 24 σφοδρόταται δ' αἵπερ most violent, which, 55, 10 περὶ τὰς around the, 57, 14 ἐπίθημά τι some covering, 70, 21 διαπεραίνεσθαι to be finished, 83, 12 ἑνὸς of one, 91, 3 κοίλης of the hollow, 142, 7 οὐ γεν. not begotten.

The Vatican codex 285, a paper manuscript of the 15th century, seems to be a twin of this codex; it also contains these items after other writings of Galen:
9. Stephanus, On the Difference of Fevers, fol. 202b,
10. Galen, On Diagnosis from Dreams,
11. Dionysius or Longinus, On the Sublime, fol. 204–206,
12. Galen, On the Use of Parts, Books I, II, III c. 9,
13. John Argyropoulos, Solutions to Difficulties. I inspected it in passing, I did not collate it.

6. The third Paris manuscript 2148 (D), a paper manuscript of the 15th century. It contains from fol. 123 Galen's work almost in its entirety, except for a small part of the seventh book, which is from the words "of the stomach" (p. 394, 5) up to "of the heart" (p. 422, 10), which we said above is also missing in the Laurentianus. In the upper margin of fol. 123a is written: "Galen, On the Use of Parts, seventeen books and nothing more, whose chapters are divided separately for each." Then follows the rubric: "Christ, O King, for those suffering, [grant] your immortal remedy." Galen, On the Use of the Parts in the Human Body, Discourse 1. A note on fol. 122 attests that it once belonged to Nicolaus Leonicenus, the most famous physician of Padua.