Conventions in collations

Three sets of conventions relating to collations will be found in this web site --

• lemmata are enclosed (*thus*) and the variants {thus};
  

• lemmata are not thus enclosed, but the variants are;
  
• the readings of the witnesses are displayed on successive lines.

Collations with lemmata (*thus*) and variants {thus}

• The text is that which the editor(s) have established.
  

• The variant immediately follows the closing "*)".
  
• Lemmata may be nested, thus: "(*(*et*) {omitted Ba} aliud quaerere. Videtur enim supponere*) {omitted Vd}". In this example, the lemma for the Vd variant is "et... supponere".
  
• Lemmata may overlap. In such cases the brackets are paired by considering the coding "^A A^", "^B B^" or the like. Example: "(*^Aallegas (*^BconclusionemA^*) {alligas questionem Bb} tuamB^*) {tuam conclusionem We}". In this example "allegas conclusionem" is the first lemma, "conclusionem tuam" is the second.
  
• If a lemma runs over a paragraph division, its beginning is marked by "@lembeg", and it is repeated between "{- -}" just before the variant.

Collations with lemmata unmarked and variants {thus}

• The text is that of Goldast's edition.
  

• {} enclose variants
  
• { . . . / . . . \ . . . }: /\ enclose variant within a variant
  
• [ ] enclose material added by editor or translator
  
• [[ ]] enclose editors' comments
  
• If a variant is from Ly, manuscript variants are usually not included unless they disagree with Ly
  
• Variants are of the word immediately preceding, or of the words between '{' and ':'
  
• om: omit(s)
  
• add: add(s)
  
• trs.: transpose(s) last two words of the text
  
• trs. 1432: transpose(s) last four words of text into the order first, fourth, third, second
  
• If a variant is shown for a MS, and also a transposition for the same MS, the transposition is of the variant (i.e. in reconstructing the readings of a manuscript, implement transpositions last).
  
• *: a variant tentatively accepted
  
• ?: MS difficult to read
  
• $ at the begining of a string of sigla indicates that the variant seems significant, '$%' that it seems more significant still.

Other collations

"Tx" is the text adopted by the editors.

Words flanked
by "[d]. . . [/d]" are deleted in the manuscript;
by "[m]. . . [/m]" are inserted in the margin;
by "[b]. . . [/b]" are inserted between lines;
by "[q]. . . [/q]" are difficult to read;
by "[s]. . . [/s]" are drawn from a modern version of a quoted text;
by "[c]. . . [/c]" are a comment by the editor.
"[***]" or "[]", or simply the omission of words, means that a word or phrase is missing from the witness.

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