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PL 6 · cols. 1017–1018

O. Fritzsche, Admonitio in Divinarum Institutionum Epitomen

Editors' preface

PL 6:1017
ADMONITIO
ADMONITION
O. F. FRITZSCHE (1)
OF O. F. FRITZSCHE (1)
IN DIVINARUM INSTITUTIONUM EPITOMEN.
ON THE EPITOME OF THE DIVINE INSTITUTES.
« Institutionum divinarum Epitomen jam Hieronymus librum dicit acephalon. In edd. Ven. 1471,72, Rom. 74, et Rostoch. 76, omnino desideratur; reliquae vero edd. saec. xv, xvi et xvii, omissis prioribus capitibus LV, ultimam tantum ejus partem, modo in octavio, modo in duodecim capitula distinctam continent. Sed haec ipsa libri particula in quatuor tantum legitur libris scriptis : in c. Bodlei., 1 Bon. et 2 Regg., quorum alter est Reg.-Put., isque in fine etiam mutilus. (Explicit cap. 66 v. PROMISSA VENIENTES.) Permirum libellus expertus est fatum. Nam quem crederes scriptorem inchoatum reliquisse, aut nescio quam temporis injuriam detruncasse, poene integer ( nonnulla enim interciderunt, v. c. 14 et 20) nobis servatus est in codice Taurinensi. Ex quo libro cum C. M. Pfaffius Epitomen primum eruisset, eamque illustratam
« The Epitome of the Divine Institutes Jerome already calls an acephalous book. In the editions of Venice 1471 and 72, Rome 74, and Rostock 76 it is entirely wanting; the remaining editions of the XV, XVI and XVII centuries, however, omitting the first LV chapters, contain only its last part, divided now into eight, now into twelve little chapters. But this very fragment of the book is read in only four written books: in the Bodleian codex, 1 Bon. and 2 Regg., one of which is Reg.-Put., and it too is mutilated at the end. (It ends in ch. 66 at the words PROMISSA VENIENTES.) A most wonderful fate has the little book experienced. For a book which you would believe the writer had left unfinished, or which some injury of time or other had cut short, has been preserved for us almost whole (for some things have fallen out, see chs. 14 and 20) in the Turin codex. When from this book C. M. Pfaff had first brought the Epitome to light and had published it illustrated
Editors' notes and page, col. 1017

Footnotes

(1) ‹anchor: not visible on the page foot› · call in col 1017

(printed under page 520) (1) In praefatione editionis Lipsianae quam publici juris fecit vir doctus, hoc ipso anno 1844, II parte Lactantii operum.

In the preface to the Leipzig edition, which the learned man published in this very year 1844, in Part II of the works of Lactantius.

VARIORUM NOTAE (lemma notes on the Epitome, Praefatio; no call letters) [Praefatio] ‹lemma› · col 1017 PRAEFATIO. Haec vox non extat in ms. uti nec capitum divisio ac tituli, nec etiam summaria, quae hic addere visum est, ut lumen aliquid accedat Lactantiano huic operi.

PREFACE. This word does not occur in the manuscript, nor do the division into chapters and the titles, nor even the summaries, which it seemed good to add here, so that some light may be shed on this work of Lactantius.

[Illustrandam] ‹lemma› · col 1017 Illustrandam. In ms. inlustrandam, idque more veteri. Sic in antiquis vir inluster, pro vir illuster.

Illustrandam ("to illustrate"). The manuscript has inlustrandam, and that after the old usage. So in ancient texts vir inluster for vir illuster.

[Religionemque] ‹lemma› · col 1017, runs into col 1018 Religionemque. In ms. religionemque; quasi esse, abbreviatio.

Religionemque ("and religion"). So in the manuscript, religionemque; as if it were an abbreviation.

[Conscripsimus] ‹lemma› · col 1018 Conscripsimus. Ms. habet conscribsimus.

Conscripsimus ("we wrote"). The manuscript has conscribsimus.

[Aliquid] ‹lemma› · col 1018 Aliquid. Deest in editis; legitur tamen in ms. Taurin. Sic enim habet autographum, quod ad nos summa humanitate misit illustrissimus ac doctissimus Pfaffius.

Aliquid ("something"). It is missing in the printed editions; it is read, however, in the Turin manuscript. For so runs the autograph copy which the most illustrious and most learned Pfaff sent us with the greatest kindness.

[Quae] ‹lemma› · col 1018 Quae. In ms. que more omnium fere manuscriptorum.

Quae ("which"). The manuscript has que, after the manner of almost all manuscripts.

[In unum] ‹lemma› · col 1018 In unum. Adde volumen.

In unum ("into one"). Add volumen ("volume").

(printed under page 520)

Page

  • running head: 1017 FIRM. LACTANTII EPITOME DIVINARUM (cut off at the image edge)
  • marginal letters: A « Institutionum divinarum Epitomen jam Hierony-; B tus est in codice Taurinensi; C PRAEFATIO.; D (none)
  • old-edition numerals: (none)
  • misprints kept as printed: octavio (for octo)
  • other: a full-width band stands across cols 1017/1018 in mid-page: the 1 paragraph(s) above it in col 1018 are set here, after the 1 above it in col 1017 (reading order, moved on receipt); the band itself (its title lines) is not set by the volunteer page: set it here, at the move, with full_width
  • other: the word illus-|tratam, hyphenated across the column break, is set whole (illustratam) at the end of the col 1017 paragraph; the col 1018 paragraph begins edidisset (QA Q1)
  • other: the column continues with PRAEFATIO. (another unit); not set here
  • running head: 1017 FIRM. LACTANTII EPITOME DIVINARUM INSTITUTIONUM. 1018
  • marginal letters: A «Institutionum divinarum Epitomen jam Hierony-» (printed between the columns, at the first line); B «tus est in codice Taurinensi» (between the columns)
  • old-edition numerals: (none)
PL 6:1018
edidisset Par. 1712, in-8°, ac deinde iterum separatim Davisius cum notis vulgasset Cantab. 1718, in-8°, ab editoribus Lactantii non tantum multo auctior, sed etiam emendatior exhiberi potuit. Illa enim posterior libri pars a prioribus editoribus exhibita fluxit e codice perquam mendoso, sed jam ope edd. Taur., Bon. et Reg.-Put. plerisque locis facile emendari potuit. Caeterum cod. ille Taur., qui, praeter Epitomen, alios etiam libros continet, ut genealogiam biblicam, quam una cum specimine historiae Manichaeorum denuo descripsit, et ed. Ferd., Flor., Fleck., est membranaceus, litteris uncialibus nec ligatis. Verba nullo spatio sunt distincta. Scriptus est saeculo sexto, fortasse quinto, sed librarius saepissime peccavit, et linguae latinae fere ignarus videtur fuisse. Epitome an non a Lactantio ipso esset profecta unus Walch. dubitavit : sed vir doctus hanc opinationem temere jecit. »
at Paris 1712, in octavo, and Davisius had then issued it again separately with notes at Cambridge 1718, in octavo, it could be presented by the editors of Lactantius not only much enlarged but also more correct. For that later part of the book presented by the earlier editors flowed from a thoroughly faulty codex, but by the help of the Turin, Bon. and Reg.-Put. editions it could now easily be corrected in most places. For the rest, that Turin codex, which besides the Epitome contains other books also, such as a biblical genealogy, which Ferd. Flor. Fleck copied out anew and published together with a specimen of a history of the Manichaeans, is of parchment, in uncial letters, and those not joined. The words are separated by no space. It was written in the sixth century, perhaps the fifth, but the scribe erred very often, and seems to have been almost ignorant of the Latin language. Whether or not the Epitome had come from Lactantius himself, Walch alone doubted: but that learned man threw out this opinion rashly. »
Editors' notes and page, col. 1018

Page

  • running head: [cut off]E DIVINARUM INSTITUTIONUM. 1018
  • marginal letters: A ‹tratam edidisset Par.›; B ‹pissime peccavit, et linguae›; C ‹oneret ubertas: tamen›; D (none)
  • old-edition numerals: (none)
  • other: editors' matter set: Fritzsche's Admonitio on the Epitome (‹tratam edidisset Par. 1712›), beginning mid-word from the previous column ("tratam"; the word is set whole, illustratam, at the end of the col 1017 paragraph, and this column's paragraph begins edidisset; QA Q1). Full-width lines not set: the Admonitio title (…ONITIO / …ITZSCHE (1) / …TUTIONUM EPITOMEN.) above the column text, and the title of the Epitome (…LII FIRMIANI / …TANTII / …TOME / …NSTITUTIONUM, / …UM FRATREM.) between the Admonitio and the Epitome text. Page-foot notes (heading …UM NOTAE., entries abbreviatio., Conscripsimus., Aliquid., Quae., In unum.) left for the later pass. "etsi" is printed faintly and could be read as "ctsi"; set as etsi.
  • other: the 1 paragraph(s) of this column above the full-width band are set under col 1017 (reading order, moved on receipt)
  • other: the text of this column below the full-width band belongs to the next unit; not set here (rail-only part)
  • running head: 1017 FIRM. LACTANTII EPITOME DIVINARUM INSTITUTIONUM. 1018
  • marginal letters: A «tratam edidisset Par. 1712» (letter printed between the columns at the first line); B «pissime peccavit, et linguae latinae» (between the columns); C «oneret ubertas» (Lactantius preface, outside this unit)
  • old-edition numerals: (none)
  • other: column opens with the tail of "illus-|tratam", set whole at the end of col 1017; this file begins at "edidisset". "et ed. Ferd., Flor., Fleck." punctuated thus as printed; taken as "et ed[idit] Ferd. Flor. Fleck" (Ferdinand Florens Fleck). Lactantius's title band, PRAEFATIO (with its right-hand continuation "oneret ubertas ... multitudo in") and VARIORUM NOTAE below are outside this unit and not set.