Marginal corrections in Part 3, tract 2, book 1, chs. 1-5

Marginal or interlinear changes may indicate simply that the copyist has looked again at his exemplar. However, if such additions are frequent, it may become likely that the MS has been corrected against some other MS. (A copyist careful to correct against his exemplar would probably copy carefully in the first place; frequent correction therefore suggests that he consulted another MS as well). Also, if the main text shows a reading found in several MSS and there is a change to a reading found in other MSS, it seems likely that the MS has been compared with some MS other than its exemplar. For one or other of these reasons, the marginal or interlinear corrections listed below may be significant.

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