The integri of Cicero's Topica*
Michael Winterbottom
Cicero's Topica is transmitted as part of the so-called Leiden corpus; but it appeared in only two three Carolingian manuscripts carrying that corpus (Leiden, Voss. Lat. F. 84 = A and 86 B; their agreement dubbed β), both lacked 1–3, 28 (magis)tratuum–73 Haec. During ninth century, however, B was supplemented by addition folios (BA) which completed text. In 1860 these were officiously transferred to A. There are a large number integri, dating from tenth century on. Editors have picked more or less at random this pile back up evidence β. They also blessed with detailed intelligent commentary on written Boethius. ‘That text influenced Cicero has been suspected not proved’ (M. D. Reeve).
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