Front matter
Reading edition
Transcriber’s Note:
The original text was printed in two columns, which cannot be replicated here.
As is common in dictionaries, each column is headed with a three-letter indication of the first and last articles on that page. This feature is not feasible here.
Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’s note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation.
There are several unusual Greek characters employed in this text:
ȣ ligature of ‘ου’
ϛ stigma, a ligature of ‘στ’
ϖ a cursive variant of ‘π’, almost always used as the first character of a word.
ϐ a cursive variant of ‘β’, used in any position other than the first character, which appears as ‘β’.
The map appearing as the frontispiece, as well as those facing pp. 76, 524, 724, 728 serve as links to larger versions of those maps.
There are maps appearing as the frontispiece, as well as facing pp. 76, 524, 724, 728 in the original.
The cover image has been created, based on title page information, and is added to the public domain.
