9, 21.faithful Fabricius and stern Cato, cp. Boethius De Cons. Phil. ii. m.7.
10, 6.The Almagest; the Astronomy or Μεγάλη Σύνταξις was probably so called to distinguish it from the Μαθηματική Σύνταξις, or Mathematics of Ptolemy; it was preserved and communicated to Europe by the Arabs, and the name Almagest is formed of the Arabic article al, and the Greek μεγίστη.
10, 11.things new and old, Matt. xiii. 52.
10, 13.holy to honour before friendships, cp. Aristotle, Ethics, i. 6. 1.
10, 15.holy Boethius considers to be threefold, cp. De Interpret., Migne, lxiv. p. 297.
10, 18.for the meaning of the voice perishes with the sound, cp. I Cor. xiv. 11.
10, 20.Wisdom that is hid, cp. Ecclesiasticus xx. 30.
11, 12.the vestibule of perception, "vestibula sensus communis."
12, 4.given us by the inspiration of God, cp. 2 Tim. iii. 16.
12, 14.the golden pots, cp. Heb. ix. 4.
12, 15.rocks flowing with honey, cp. Deut. xxxii. 13.
12, 16.garners ever full, cp. Ps. cxliv. 13.
12, 17.the tree of life, cp. Gen. ii. 9; Rev. xxii. 2.
12, 17.the fourfold river of Paradise, cp. Gen. ii. 10.
12, 21.the troughs, cp. Gen. xxx. 38.
12, 22.the stones of testimony, cp. Josh. iv. 7.
12, 23.the pitchers holding the lamps, cp. Judges vii. 16.
13, 1.the arms of the soldiers, cp. 2 Cor. x. 4.
13, 3.darts of the wicked, cp. Eph. vi. 16.
13, 4.burning lamps, Luke xii. 35.
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15, 17.the wisest of men; no doubt Solomon, cp. Ecclus. vii, 15.
15, 17.the chief of philosophers, "hierophilosophus," probably Aristotle (cp. note above, 10, 13).
