 | 1903 - 870 pagine
...work of Fredegaudus, this confusion of x and oo is responsible for a further increment of corruption. scribal error and that 30 was the number. Feeling...passage required a larger number than 30, he wrote ad triffinta milium hominum, and the 4000 of Livy has become 30,000. XXIII, 13, 7 ut hannibali ooxjacoo... | |
 | 1903 - 852 pagine
...hominum P, ad triginta milium hominum R. Here the scribe has made a triple error. He interpreted the xxxx as xxxx. Then, being in the habit of writing XL for...passage required a larger number than 30, he wrote ad triffinta milium hominum, and the 4000 of Livy has become 30,000. XXIII, 13, 7 ut hannibali ooocjocoo... | |
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He interpreted the oo oo oo oo as xxxx. Then, being in the habit of writing XL for 40, he supposed that the fourth oo was a scribal error and that 30 was the number. Feeling that the passage... 