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Historiographia Linguistica
Vol. 50:2/3 (2023) ► pp.147–200

The Περὶ ἀντιστοίχων in MS. Barocci 10 and MS. Barocci 48

An indirect witness to Pseudo-Zonaras’ Lexicon?

| Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
This article brings to light an unpublished treatise on orthographically different but phonetically identical vowels entitled Περὶ ἀντιστοίχων and transmitted in manuscripts Barocci 10 (14th/15th century) and Barocci 48 (15th century), both kept in the Bodleian library in Oxford. The Περὶ ἀντιστοίχων is one of the many orthographical works composed to help with the spelling problems that arose in the Greek language due to the fact that over the centuries the sound of certain Greek vowels became identical, thus making the spelling of words a real challenge. As well as providing the editio princeps for this text, this article discusses its history and background, its features, and its relationship with other grammatical and lexicographical sources, primarily with Pseudo-Zonaras’ Lexicon, and suggests that the Περὶ ἀντιστοίχων is possibly an indirect witness to Pseudo-Zonaras’ Lexicon.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Dating and authorship
  • 3.Parallel passages between the Περὶ ἀντιστοίχων and other grammatical and lexicographical sources
  • 4.The relationship between the Περὶ ἀντιστοίχων and Pseudo-Zonaras’ Lexicon
    • 4.1Verbal similarities shared between the Περὶ ἀντιστοίχων and Pseudo-Zonaras’ Lexicon against the rest of the grammatical and lexicographical tradition
    • 4.2The arrangement of the entries in the Περὶ ἀντιστοίχων and Pseudo-Zonaras’ Lexicon
    • 4.3Groups of vowels juxtaposed in the Περὶ ἀντιστοίχων and Pseudo-Zonaras’ Lexicon
    • 4.4The vast majority of entries of the Περὶ ἀντιστοίχων are also in Pseudo-Zonaras’ Lexicon
    • 4.5The majority of entries of the Περὶ ἀντιστοίχων appear in the same order as in Pseudo-Zonaras’ Lexicon
    • 4.6Cases where the Περὶ ἀντιστοίχων presents two consecutive or nearby lemmata of Pseudo-Zonaras’ Lexicon as one entry
  • 5.Literary quotations
  • 6.The manuscript tradition
  • 7.Editorial principles
  • 8.Edition
  • Περὶ ἀντιστοίχων
  • On the ἀντίστοιχα
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 27 May 2024
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