Transactions and Proceedings, 1899, Vol. 30 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Transactions and Proceedings, 1899, Vol. 30<br><br>To the editor of the Andria the question of the relative value of the Calliopian Mss. is of prime importance. For this play, as is well known, the Bembine (A) is available for less than one hundred lines (viz. 888 to the end). A text must therefore be built upon the less important Mss. These fall into groups, one () represented best by the Victorianus (D) and Decurtatus (G), another () by the Parisinus (P), the Vaticanus (C), a less faithful copy of the same original as (P), and the Basilicanus (B), the last a mere reproduction of the Vaticanus. Of the other Mss. the Fragmentum Vindobo-nense (V), which belongs to the & family, contains only seventy lines of the Andria, the Ambrosianus (F) lacks all of it, while the Lipsiensis (L) and the Riccardianus (E) have each lost nearly two hundred lines of this play. For the Andria, then, D and P, supported respectively by the inferior G and C, are the most important Terentian Mss.<br><br>D and P are believed to be of about the same age, ninth or tenth century A.D., but there is considerable difference in their general features.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.