3 The Transmission of Magentenos’ Commentary on Anal. Pr. II

Abstract

Leon Magentenos’ commentary on Anal. Pr. is extant in thirty-two manuscripts.1 – In the margins of two of these manuscripts, a small number of individual scholia on Anal. Pr. I are annotated as τοῦ Μαγεντηνοῦ (or similar). The content of these scholia differs from the rest of the tradition, as well as from each another (there is one exception).2 – One codex contains a redaction with interpolated extracts that derive from an earlier version of the commentary.3 – Ten manuscripts transmit the commentary in its entirety or with minor omissions.4 – A further eight codices contain the comments on or large sections of book I.5 – One codex includes a few sections of the commentary on book II.6 – In nine cases excerpts were copied as parts of scholia collections or as part of other commentaries.7 – Finally, there exists a manuscript dated to the late fifteenth century that contains an anonymous Latin translation of Magentenos’ comments on Anal. Pr. I.8