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Although there are over thirty existing copies of the Astronomica, the text as it is known today is derived from three key manuscripts: Codex Gemblacensis (G), Codex Lipsiensis (L), and Codex Matritensis (M).[nb 4] These in turn belong to two separate manuscript families: "α" (which includes G and L), and "β" (which includes M).[20][21] Of the two families, Robinson Ellis wrote: "[α] represents a text more correct, but worse interpolated; [β], a text which is fuller of copyists' errors, but less interpolated."[22]
Although there are over thirty existing copies of the Astronomica, the text as it is known today is derived from three key manuscripts: Codex Gemblacensis (G), Codex Lipsiensis (L), and Codex Matritensis (M).[nb 4] These in turn belong to two separate manuscript families: "α" (which includes G and L), and "β" (which includes M).[20][21] Of the two families, Robinson Ellis wrote: "[α] represents a text more correct, but worse interpolated; [β], a text which is fuller of copyists' errors, but less interpolated."[22]
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According to Volk, Manilius's Astronomica is the earliest extant work on astrology that is extensive, coherent, and mostly intact.[38] Volk writes that since he dedicates the poem to stellar phenomena, it is "indicative of the great fascination ... that the stars held for the Romans of Manilius' period"
According to Volk, Manilius's Astronomica is the earliest extant work on astrology that is extensive, coherent, and mostly intact.[38] Volk writes that since he dedicates the poem to stellar phenomena, it is "indicative of the great fascination ... that the stars held for the Romans of Manilius' period"
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