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LVCRETIANI carminis qui exstant codices ab uno exemplari deducti sunt omnes, quod demonstravit Carolus Lachmann quarto aut quinto saeculo scriptum fuisse et in regno Francico servatum. Huius exemplaris, quod iam pridem est amissum, tria, quoad scimus, scripta sunt apographa, quorum duo inter ceteros Isaaci Vossii libros adepta est Vniversitatis Leidensis bibliotheca. Codex alter saeculo nono scriptus, qui unde a Vossio comparatus sit non satis constat, Oblongus nominatus est: alter saeculo decimo scriptus Quadrati nomen accepit: hunc antequam Vossii in manus venit, in usum Lambini editionem suam parantis aliqua ex parte excusserat Turnebus. Horum duorum codicum testimonio, quamvis neglegentius scripti sint et permulta contineant errata, nititur praecipue textus Lucretianus. Codici Quadrato simillimae exstant Hauniae octo schedae quae prius Gottorpii servatae fuerunt, Vindobonae decem.

Tertium codicum genus, numero maximum sed auctoritate his multo inferius, ex Italia ortum est. Eiusdem archetypi apographum saeculo quinto decimo possedit Poggius Florentinus. Huius antequam perditum est unum