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Venetus is explained by coeruleus, a word various and vague: it is properly the sky reflected in the sea; but custom and convenience may allow blue as an equivalent, (Robert.

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Vesontinus codex is derived partly from Venetus A and partly from some manuscript of the third class.

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First come Mediceus A (referred to in this book as Ma), Vaticanus A, Parisinus A, and Venetus A (Va) of the first class; then Mediceus B of the second class; finally, Parisinus

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If all stories and jests are to be traced to a few originals, perhaps the many eccentric tales of Jack on horseback may be found in a very old anecdote of a certain _Venetus insuetus ac nescius equitare_ -- a Venetian unaccustomed to and ignorant of riding, who, when mounted on horseback, having inadvertently spurred the animal, exclaimed, as it reared and plunged:

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B, Escorialensis, Turinensis, Vaticanus B, and Venetus B, with the mongrel Vesontinus, which occupies a position in this group best designated, perhaps, as 2-1/2.

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Venetus A Books Forty-one to Sixty (two "decades").

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This on the side of loss: on the side of gain there are numerous little excerpts (just as in the case of the early books) that may serve to fill crevices or cover scars, and above all there exists a parchment manuscript, known as Vaticanus 1288, older than Mediceus A, older than Venetus A, and containing Books

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Emphasizes the importance of codex Venetus A and has some remarks on

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Likewise in Venetus A there are some gaps, especially near the end, in Book Sixty, where three leaves are missing.

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Venetus A is of equal age and authority with Mediceus A.

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