V. Codex Vindobonensis no, 189, written in the xth century. Defective,

wants the whole of Bk 1, and Bk 11 $$ 1—16, and 86—92°,
U. Codex Uffenbachianus, formerly in the possession of Creuzer, now the property of Samuel Allen, Esq., written in the xvth century, collated by Mr J. S. Reid and myself (G in Moser).
f. Another xvth century codex belonging to Mr Allen; small 4to. parch- ment; injured by late corrections, which often make it impossible to decipher the original reading; collated by myself.
i The account of the first six mss is taken from the 2nd ed. of Orelli as revised by Baiter 1861.
2 Miller says of this N. Jahrb. x 144 ‘A is an arbitrary text, inferior to both B and V. The writer omits what he could not make sense of.’
3 *B is taken directly from the archetype of the existing mss, according to Halm, but the writer mistakes the abbreviations &c.’. Miller 7c. From the description in Orelli it would seem as if $$ 64—91 of Bk I were wanting, but B is often cited in the critical notes on these $$, and it is evident from Bake’s ed. of the De Legibus p. 105, that these pages are simply misplaced in the Codex.
4 *C is carelessly written, but without deliberate alteration of the older Ms’. Miiller /.c.
5 *V is the nearest approach to the archetype. Jis marginal readings of the first hand are correc- tions from the archetype’. Midler /.c.
EXPLANATIONS OF SYMBOLS. Ixxi
Oxf. e. 0. u. y. Four Oxford codices, e in the Bodleian bears date 1459, o at Merton stated in Coxe’s Catalogue of mss to belong to the 12th century, u at Lincoln (Line. of Davies) assigned to the 15th century, y at Balliol also of the 15th century. These are collated in the Oxford edition of 1783.
G. Codex Glogavensis, used by Heindorf, ‘contains certissimas emenda- tiones,’ Baiter pref. to De Finibus.
Red. Codex Rehdigerianus, used by Heindorf.
El. Readings from two ancient codices transcribed on the margin of Bp. Moore’s copy of the edition by Rob. Stephanus 1539, collated by Davies under the name Codd. Elienses. Davies rarely distinguishes between the two codices.
Reg. Codex Regius belonging to the Royal Library of St James’, used by Davies, now lost.
Mars. Ed. Petri Marsi, Venice 1508. Asc. Editio Ascensiana, Paris 1511. Than. Ed. Jac. Thanneri, Lips. 1520. Herv. Ed. Hervagiana, Basil 1534.
The letters BHIKLMNOC in thick type denote the mss (all but C contained in the British Museum), and RVV, the editions collated by Mr Swainson. See his description of these prefixed to the collations given at the end of this volume. B and K are the most important of these mss. Sometimes readings will be found in my critical notes, which are not given in Mr Swainson’s collation. These have been added by myself from personal examination of the mss.