Gaius: the Manuscripts of the "Institutes"

The legal handbook of Gaius was lost until discovered in a palimpsest by B.G.Niebuhr in 1816.

Siglum	Location	Shelfmark & Notes	Date / Century
V	Verona, Chapter Library	XV (13). Also listed in CLA IV.488. Parchment. Written in an uncial hand. All except about a twelfth of the text has been read.	5
O	London, Egypt Exploration Society	P.Oxy. 2103 (=CLA Suppl. 1716). This is a papyrus from Oxyrhynchus, written in a cursive hand containing a fragment of the text.	2-3
F	Florence, Mediceo-Laurenziana	P.S.I. 1182 (=CLA III.292). Another papyrus fragment from Egypt, written in uncial.	5-6

Bibliography

L.D.Reynolds, Texts and Transmissions. Oxford: Clarendon (1983) p.174. Checked.

Constructive feedback is welcomed to Roger Pearse. Corrections and additions are very welcome.

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