Treatise on Greek Syntax

S.C. 6

ill-smelling among angels original: "δυσῶδες ἀνὰ ἀγγέλους". This is a cryptic phrase. It may refer to a specific theological concept or could be a corrupted fragment of a larger sentence.

MS. Barocci 6

† The waning portion uses doubles. The term "doubles" (didymois) may refer to the zodiac sign Gemini or a mathematical doubling in the calculation of the calendar. The time of the waning month is from the twentieth until the thirtieth. The middle of the month is from the tenth until the twentieth. The beginning of the month original: "ἱσταμένου δὲ μηνὸς". Ancient Greek calendars divided the month into three ten day periods called the waxing (histamenos), the middle (mesoun), and the waning (phthinon) month. is from the first until the fifth.