Per le fonti dell'Aldina dei Rhetores Graeci: il Vat. Pal. gr. 66

When in 1992 Martin Sicherl presented a survey of the manuscript sources and preserved printer’s copies (Druckvorlagen) of the Aldine edition of the Rhetores Graeci (two volumes published in 1508 and 1509), the German scholar argued that the source of pp. 461-734 of the first volume of the Aldine edition was a now lost copy of the Vienna ms. Phil. gr. 60 (copied by Georgios Trivizias in the third quarter of the 15th century). Even though Sicherl’s conclusions have not hitherto been challenged, it is now possible to show that the original printer’s copy was in fact the ms. Vat. Pal. gr. 66, penned by the so called «Anonymus Harvardianus», a scribe well known for his contribution to the Aldine Aristotle. Following a thorough description of all the marks characterizing a manuscript involved in the printing process (i.e. lines indicating the end of a printed page, ink spots, fingerprints, etc.) this paper will discuss the textual relation between the Palatine manuscript and the text printed by Aldus. A new description of the manuscript concludes the study.