Greek Dialects : Ionic.
He pointed out, however,
that the labours of Littré had left much to be
done in this department of Hippocratic study, and
that the material for a sound judgment was not
yet available.
The collection of this material is not yet complete,
but a good start was made by Kéhlewein,
who in Chapter III of the Prolegomena to the first
volume of the Teubner Hippocrates (de dialecto
Hippocratica)
laid down the principles followed in
the present edition.
12. MANUSCRIPTS.
None of our MSS. are very old, but the oldest
are far superior to the later, both in readings and
in dialect. There is no regular canon, and no
recognized order; each independent MS. seems to
represent a different "collection" of Hippocratic
works. This fact fits in well with the theory that
the nucleus of the Corpus was the library (or the
remains of it) of the Hippocratic medical school
at Cos.
θ Vindobonensis med. IV., tenth century. Our
oldest MS., containing : περὶ τῶν ἔντος παθῶν. περὶ
παθῶν. περὶ ἱερῆς νον́σου. περὶ νούσων. περὶ νούσων
?? περὶ νούσων ??. περὶ διαίτης ??. περὶ διαίτης ??.
περὶ διαίτης ?? (with περὶ ἐνυπνίων). περὶ γυναικείων
??. περὶ γυναικείων ??. περὶ γυναικείης φύς1ιος. Of
some books parts are missing.
A Parisinus 2253, eleventh century. It contains:
