In die critical notes the following abbreviations are used for the manuscripts, and the name of the editor is used for each of the printed editions.
MANUSCRIPTS
i. A = Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1302, i2th-i4th century.
2. Β = Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1305, 15th century.
This ends in the middle of section 43.
3. C = Codex Vaticanus Urbinas Graecus 108, 15th century.
il = the consensus of A, B, C up to section 43 and of A, C from section 43 to section 69.
FIRST EDITION
4. Aldus = Aldus Manutius, Venice, 1497.
OTHER EDITIONS
5. Turnebus = A. Turnebus, Paris. 1577.
6. Furlanus = D. Furlanus, Hanover, 1605.
7. Heinsius = D. Heinsius, Leyden, 1613.
8. Laet = J. de Laet, Leyden, 1647.
9. Hill = J. Hill, second edition, London, 1774.
10. (a) Schneider = J. G. Schneider, Leipzig, 1818.
(b) Schneider (Syll.) = J. G. Schneider, Syllabus emendandorum et addendorum, Vol. 5, 1821.
EDITIONS USED FOR THE TEXT
11. Wimmer = F. Wimmer, Teubner edition, Leipzig, 1862, and
Didot edition, Paris, 1866. Where they differ, they are represented by Wimmer (T) and Wimmer (D).
OTHER AUTHORS AND WORKS
Stephanides = Μ. Κ. Stephanides, Athena, XIV (Athens, 1902), 367-
71· Stephanides (Min.) = Μ. Κ. Stephanides, The Mineralogy of Theo-
phrastus (In Greek), Athens, 1896. Coraes = Adamantios Coraes. Salmasius = C. Salmasius (Claude de Saumaise). Eichholz = D. E. Eichholz, Classical Review, LXVI (1952), 144-45;
LIX (1945), 52.