Abstract

Murray's edition of Medea made use of five manuscripts: BAVLP. Page added a sixth, the Jerusalem palimpsest, H. But Medea is preserved in six more manuscripts , which Murray and Page cite rarely or never. I investigate here the value and affiliations of these six and of a fragmentary seventh , which they do cite. The seven manuscripts are: O , late twelfth century2 C , fourteenth century; lacks 880–4, 1050 to the end3 D , fourteenth century4 E , early fourteenth century; lacks 731–825, 1029–1133, 1339 to the end5 F , c. 1300? Only the hypothesis and lines 1–426