MSS

§ 1. The mss., other than L, to which reference is made in the critical notes are the Parisian A, B, K, T; the Florentine Г, Lc, L2, R; the Venetian V, V2, V3; the Roman Vat., Vat. b; and the London Harl. Some account of these has been given in former volumes (Oed. Tyr., Introd., pp. liii ff., 2nd ed.: Oed. Col., p. xlix, 2nd ed.),—with three exceptions, viz., K, Lc, and Harl. The readings of K, when given, are cited from the edition of Blaydes (1870), who was the first to collate it for the Philoctetes. It is a ms. of the 15th century, cod. 2886 in the National Library at Paris, and, as a rule, closely follows L: though, as Cavallin remarks (Prolegom. pp. xxxv f.), ‘nonnunquam suam quandam est aut corrumpendi aut corrigendi viam ingressus.’ It is curious that in v. 1322, where L has εὔνοιάν σοι λέγων, K has the true εὔνοιαν λέγων, with σοι merely written above. Dindorf's Lc (the N of Blaydes), is cod. 32. 2 in the Laurentian Library at Florence, and dates from the 14th century. The Harleian ms. is no. 5743 of that collection in the British Museum; it is ascribed to the 15th century, and contains the Philoctetes only.

§ 2. With regard to the readings of L and its peculiarities as a ms., some points of interest will be found (e.g.) in the critical notes on vv. 533, 715, 727, 942, 1263, 1384.