Ruby's Greek Thread

[Helmut Winkler]

I have posted this before and I do it again now, even if it is not likely to have any effect

daiin and aiin are not daiin and aiin, but d'aui and aui with a florish each as an abbr. stroke and means "dicit Auicenna" and "Avienna". It is so common an abbr. that even Cappelli has it,who has not many medical abbr.

Whih by the way is good evidence that we have a plaintext in Latin and explains e.g. the many repetitions