PL 5 · cols. 1291–1296

Appendix ad Arnobium: praefatio editoris

J. Conrad Orelli: the preface to his edition of Arnobius, in Latin (Migne, PL 5). It covers Arnobius's style and its African affectation, the commentators Orelli drew on, the single Paris manuscript and what his edition does with the text. It is signed at Zurich in November 1815 and followed by his short notes on the translations and the manuscripts. The text was first read by Gemini (a machine reader); the Reading Room checked a sample of its columns against the page.