V 210 was at the top thought to be corrupt. 634-669 were bracketed by Brieger; 634 was at the top of page 114. 690 was at the foot of page 115; 690-4 were transferred by many editors. 955 was at the foot of page 125; it is transferred to follow 951. of page 193, which began a new quire; a lacuna is postulated by some before 210. 573 was at the foot of page 205; it is transferred generally to follow 569. 574, at the top of page 206, is omitted by all. V 1396 was at the foot of page 236; 1392-6 were rejected by some. VI 317 was at the foot of page 251; 317-8 are bracketed by Giusanni. 502, at the foot of page 258, was rejected by Lambinus. 608 was at the top of page 263; 608-38 are variously treated and Giussani infers a lacuna after 607; early editors supplied a verse. 635 was at the top of page 264; 635-8 are rejected by Bockemueller. 1247 was at the foot of page 288; the line is variously treated. Thus little is gained for textual criticism by the proposed arrangement. The number of cases explainable by such a conception of the archetype is so small in comparison with the number of accepted transfers that the result is futile. Nothing at all is gained for the problems of Book IV, where help is most needed. The two passages-II 484 sq. and VI 79-which led Chatelain to suggest a page of 27 lines do not work out as beginning pages; page 63 began with II 471 and page 242 with VI 55. Again, starting from the inversion of I 14 and 15 as a possible indication that the original archetype had 15 lines to the page like the Vatican of Cicero's Republic, I endeavored to reconstruct such an archetype, but the attempt was fruitless. I mention this that no one may similarly waste his effort. In conclusion I feel that all attempts to solve critical difficulties in the poem by appealing either to the Lachmannian archetype or to any other will prove unavailing. The problems must be approached in other ways and arguments must rest on logical principles, and not on the hypothetical mechanical arrangement of lines and pages. Occasionally the 26-line archetype will confirm changes which would be made in every case on other grounds. Lucretian scholars have been wise in generally neglecting the archetype as an effective instrument of criticism. Transmitted June 28, 1913. In preparing a new recension of the text of Lucretius the writer has made the following collection of variants to aid in testing proposed conjectures; and the lists, it is hoped, may be of use to scholars. In making up the lists the writer has used the reproductions of the two Leyden manuscripts published by Sijthoff in 1908 and 1913, and he has endeavored to note the variations from his own edition of 1907. Occasionally groups of letters, and even words, have been entered as groups and also analyzed into the separate letters of the group. An attempt has been made at completeness, yet perfection in such a task is well nigh impossible. a for ab, ii 648 a for ai, passim a for c, ii 645 a for ci, ii 345 a for e, i 141, 269, 403, 542, 626, a for et, iii 58 a for u, i 741; ii 134, 1056, 1066; iii 403, 748, 1031; iv 218, 345, 393, 495, 609, 698, 805; v 35, 839, 1336; vi 396, 455, 849, 1150 a for um, ii 112; vi 817 a for us, i 718 a for x, i 785; ii 791, 932; iii 582, 596; vi 385 a inserted, i 452; ii 147, 314, 555, 561, 706, 860, 1005, 1127; iii 18, 77, 389, 429, 437, 479, 663, 744, 857, 858; iv 17, 309, 388, 815, 949; v 4, 148, 224, 307, 545, 627, 683, 950, 1179. 1277, 1425; vi 144, 237, 285, 367, 461, 604, 744, 772, 923 a omitted, i 176, 491, 520, 542, 974; ii 28, 101, 107, 187, 337, 342, 483, 547, 555, 611, 626, 691, 850, 861, 982; ii 32, 168, 255, 404, 470, 567, 665, 766, 775, 945; iv 309, 324, 341, 486, 803, 852, 877, 1063, 1152; v 26, 79, 108, 500, 1033, 1172, 1183, 1285, 1316; vi 4, 102, 309, 380, 537, 563, 662, 690, 804, 862, 888, 898, 925, 957, 972, 973, 985, 991, 1027, 1049, 1063, 1134, 1217 abs inserted, i 410 ac omitted, v 241 ac for hanc, v, 747 ac for m, vi 10 ad for et, iv 455 ad for per, ii 459 ad inserted, i 84 ad omitted, i 555; iv 804, 1180 ae for ea, ii 131; v 193; vi 402 ae for i, iv 1034; v 560; vi 641, 1006 ae for ic, i 191 ae for ii, v 531 ae for o, v 1046; vi 460 ae for od, ii 586 ae for p, ii 938 ae omitted, v 537; vi 749 aequa omitted, iv 51 aequor omitted, vi 892 aerius for aetherius, iii 1044 aes omitted, v 1241, 1273; vi 1079 aestate omitted, vi 715 aetere for aequore, iii 784 aether omitted, ii 1115 aetherias for aerias, v 501 ai inserted, ii 832 ai omitted, vi 465 al for n, i 27 aliam inserted, i 703 aliis omitted, iv 653; v 1010 amnes for magnis, i 412 an inserted, vi 777, 1158 animas repeated, iii 665 animumque sagacem, omitted, i 50 annullo, anullo, iii 868 ante omitted, iii 538 ap inserted, vi 288 ar for ra, iv 517 ar omitted, iii 78, 576 arbusta for armenta, ii 343 ardes for ad res, vi 938 as omitted, iii 227 asit omitted, iv 1169 at inserted, vi 322 at omitted, iv 960; vi 1136, 1152 ater for aer, iv 320 atque revisit for oblivia quaerit, iii 1066 atur for mur, iv 456 au inserted, iv 309 au for o, iii 835 au for u, iii 764; iv 81 aucta for apta, v 555 auditum for haud igitur, iii 633 aurget for urget, i 282 aut for ante, iv 845 b for d, i 286, 668, 682, 995; iii 132; iv 468, 537, 834; v 122, 1110; vi 878 b for du, iv 968 b for e, iii 482 b for m, ii 343 b for o, ii 835 b for p, iii 179, 1041; iv 952; v 1234; vi 399 b for t, ii 920; iii 108 b for u, ii 216, 265; iii 6, 259, 902, 1082; iv 38, 483, 778, 929; v 778, 1019, 1085; vi 390, 974 b inserted, ii 648, 1000; vi 1178 b omitted, ii 99; iii 545; iv 543, 1053, 1247; v 853; vi 306, 921, 925 bd for lp, vi 221 bellis for verbis, i 824 bi inserted, iv 514 bi omitted, i 758; ii 1028; iii 183; v 1142; vi 153 bu inserted, i 853; v 1330 bu omitted, v 1205 bus for asint, ii 919 bus for is, i 198; v 11, 1330 bus for rum, i 1028 bus for s, iii 417 c for b, vi 974 c for d, v 577, 1141, 1252; vi 92 c for e, iii 513; v 700; vi 1217 c for f, i 489; vi 296 e for g, ii 291, 805; iii 628; iv 53, 546, 681, 1083, 1234; v 1070, 1139; vi 658, 922 e for gu, iv 1137 c for n, i 718; iii 760 e for p, i 984; v 889; vi 151, 1132 e for q, iii 886; vi 1205 c for qu, ii 549; iii 223, 1029; iv 873; vi 526, 529, 1262 c for r, ii 547; iii 59 c for s, iii 444; iv 1244; v 934; vi 176 e for t, ii 373, 1004, 1038; iii 796; iv 294, 493, 727, 822, 1102; v 39, 399, 1115, 1118, 1391; vi 162, 858, 972, 1182 c for te, v 91 e for u, v 1256; vi 127 c inserted, i 968; ii 15, 369, 927, 1150, 1169; iii 223, 573, 1044; iv 53, 411, 415, 539, 641, 1110, 1239, 1280, 1340; v 305, 1098; vi 142, 334, 458, 843, 858 c omitted, i 168, 480, 682, 787; ii 141, 449, 521, 585, 651, 791, 813, 840, 844, 895, 953, 975, 1058; iii 71, 266, 358, 764, 985; iv 79, 619, 769, 790, 834, 952, 971, 1062, 1123, 1168, 1264, 1268; v 531, 622, 1229; vi 88, 315, 334, 458, 484, 486, 843, 858, 1246 ca for ac, iv 1026 ca inserted, vi 1033 ca omitted, vi 468 caeli omitted, ii 210 caligini for terribili, vi 852 cat omitted, iii 871 causa for casu, i 741 ce inserted, ii 158; iv 72 ce omitted, v 1173 cellat for vomit, vi 447 cer omitted, iv 353 Ich for c, iv 981; v 295 chacinnant for cachinnant, iv 1176 ci for inc, vi 977 ci inserted, v 784; vi 780 ci omitted, iii 458; v 381; vi 279 cibus omitted, ii 1147 eir omitted, v 784 com for quom, ii 194 con inserted, i 395; vi 124 con for cum, iv 795 condam for quondam, vi 109 cu omitted, ii 1101 |