Three sets of conventions relating to collations will be found in this web site --
lemmata are enclosed (*thus*) and the variants {thus};
The text is that which the editor(s) have established.
The text is that of Goldast's edition.
"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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