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in quarto no. 69 (y) of the IXth century and the Parisian Latin 4860, formerly Colbert. 240, called by Brotier Reg. IV (i) of the Xth century, the same Rück edited in the Bavarian literary acts, l. l. p. 257—287 (or in the book printed separately in Munich in 1888, titled ‘Die Nat. hist. des Plinius im Mittelalter’). They contain, under 70 titles, these parts: II 10. 12. 13. 32—44. 46. 47—49. 51—53. 56—58. 82. 83. 85. 89—91. 94. 96—101. 105—107. 109—111. 114—116. 122—130. 135—137. 142—146. 149—151. 154. 155. 160—162. 186—190. 192—197. 212—219. 224. 232—235. III 88. II 236. 242—247. III 3. 4. IV 102—104. VI 81—83. 86—91. II 184—186. 220—223. 172: I have noted these two codices in agreement with the siglum y, and the Parisian, when it disagrees, with the siglum i. This very codex had already been received by Detlefsen into the apparatus marked with the note Par.

3. o: Excerpts which Robert of Cricklade compiled in the XIIth century for the use of King Henry II from all the books of the Natural History. Regarding his life and the studies that could be investigated, Rück explained, and edited the context of the excerpts from books II—VII from two codices, that of the British Museum in London and that of Wolfenbüttel, in the acts of the Bavarian Academy of Letters, a. 1902 II p. 195—285, the progr. gymn. Ludov. Monac. a. 1903, and the progr. gymn. Neuburg. a. 1905. The following paragraphs were plundered by Robert, either in their entirety or in parts: II 1. 3—6. 8—13. 14—20. 22—29. 32. 34—38. 40—50. 53. 56. 58. 62. 66. 79. 82. 83. 85. 87. 89—94. 96—105. 107—116. 119—122. 125—133. 135—139. 142—150. 152—158. 160—163. 166—177. 179—181. 183—187. 189. 190. III 1—3. 5. 6. 8. 30. 31. 78. 80. 84—86. 92—94. 97. 103. 105. 112. 117—119. 123. IV 1. 4. 7. 10. 12. 14. 19. 20. 28. 30—33. 39—42. 44. 47. 49—51. 53. 58. 65. 75. 76. 79. 88—96. 98—100. 102—122. V 1—3. 5—7. 11. 14—18. 22—26. 31. 34—39. 41—48. 51—55. 57. 58. 60—62. 65—74. 76. 77. 79. 83—85. 88—91. 97—99. 103—105. 113. 124. 125. 140. 141. 143. 145. 148. 149. VI 1. 2. 4. 23—26. 30. 32—35. 41. 43. 45—47. 49—51. 53. 54. 56. 59. 65—68. 70. 71. 73—77. 81. 83—91. 105. 107. 109. 112. 114—117. 120. 121. 127. 131. 133. 155. 147. 155. 161. 162. 171. 173. 176. 182. 183. 185. 187. 188. 192. 195—198. 200. 203—205. 208. 210—219. Robert wrote his own, as he himself says, ‘in the most intact words of Pliny himself’ and, as much as possible, rendered with the utmost care and fidelity what he had found in his own exemplar, which originated from that ancient archetype but had already—as it seems to me, with the studies of learning flourishing for so many centuries—experienced the emending hand of some man not undistinguished in classical letters