ABSTRACT

In this regard some of the results of the seminar are very significant and are to be published here.

The most important result may be put as follows: the text of LI is corrupt to a greater degree than has formerly been assumed.3 A preliminary word on this:

This essay arose from the joint work o f members o f the Byzantinisches Seminar at the Freie Universitat Berlin. In the seminar o f the summer semester 1988 there took part not only by being present: Katarina Belovukovic, Pantelis Carelos, Claudia Ludwig, Eckart Neumeister, Juan Signes Codoner, Beate Zielke. Ms. Ludwig and Mr. Signes merit special thanks also for their critical additions when reading the proofs.