The Politics of Philo Judaeus: Practice and Theory, with a General Bibliography of Philo

MANUSCRIPTS OF PHILO M7

C.-W., FAMILY H.

84. Venetus gr. 40, once owned by Bessarion, paper, 449 folios in quarto, XIV.
    century (apparently corrected in XV. century by a more scholarly hand,
    which supplied missing fols. 55, 56, no, 111). Two quarternions were
    incorrecdy bound so that fols. 59-66 should follow fols. 67-73.
    Contains: 1. Opif.; 2. Decal.; 3. Spec. iv. c; 4. Virt. b and beginning of
    c; 5. Spec, iv, f; 6. Prob.; 7. Cont.; 8. Spec, i, g^2 ; 9. Spec, iii; 10. Jos.; 11.
    Sac; 12. Cher.; 13. Agr.; 14. Gig.; 15. Immut.; 16. Migr.; 17. Cong.;


85. <4£r.; 19. Heres; 20. Sow. i; 21. Praem.; 22. EJW.; 23. Fir/, a; 24.
    Flac; 25. Legat.; 26-28. M<w\ i, ii, iii; 29. Fir/, d; 30. Fug.; 31. Plant.;


86. Safo\; 33. Cow/.; 34. Aet.; 35. Z?*?/.; 36. E£r.; 37. Spec. i. a; 38-39.
    Spec. i. b; 40. S/w. i. e; 41. Spec. i. f; 42. Spec. i. g; 43. LA iii; 44. ec.
    iii. d; 45. S/w. iii. f; 46. fyir. iii. b. Items 44-46 repeat material in
    item 9, but seem to come from a different source, perhaps one related to
    no. 46.
    See C.-W., no. 23,1, xi-xiv; Conybeare, no. 20, p. 2.


87. Vaticanus gr. 382, paper, XV. century, a copy of no. 84.
    See C-W., no. 23,1, xiv.


88. Monacensis gr. 124 (= Boicus 52 used by Hoeschel), paper, 744 folios,
    XVI. century, in small neat hand, with rubricated tides and initials,
    copied from no. 84, and used by Friderick Pfeiffer for his edition of
    Philo.
    See C.-W., no. 23,1, xiv, lxxviii; Cohn, no. 14, p. xv; catalogue, no. 3,
    pt. 2.


89. Venetus gr. 39, parchment, 271 largest size folios, XV. century, beautifully
    written, once owned by Bessarion, a twin of, or copied from, no. 84.
    See C.-W., no. 23,1, xiv; Conybeare, no. 20, p. 2.


90. Parisinus gr. 434, once Regius 2250, paper, 433 folios in quarto, early XVI.
    century, written by various hands. In 1529 the codex came from Italy
    to the Royal Library of Fontainebleau. This codex, along with nos. 49
    and 99, was used by Turnebus for his edition of Philo.
    Contains: the same treatises as no. 84, although the order varies some­
    what.
    See C-W., no. 23,1, xv; Conybeare, ibid.; Cohn, no. 28, p. 510.


91. Genuensis Bibl. Congregationis Missionis urbanae 39, paper, late XIV.
    century.
    Contains: the same treatises as no. 84.
    See C.-W., no. 23,1, xiv.


92. Escurialensis Y, I, 5, once at Mendoza, paper, 449 folios, XV. century. Its
    index lists 46 tides which clearly agree with no. 84, but the codex con­
    tains only the first twenty-three of these treatises, ending with Virt. a.
    See C-W., no. 23,1, xv; Miller, no. 4, p. 262.