Résumé :
Lexica collecting synonyms and homonyms have been transmitted
through several epitomes and recensions. The most significant of
them is attested under the name of Ammonius (the standard edition
has been provided by K. Nickau in 1966), but another important
version (edited by Heylbut in 1887) is traced back to an unknown
Ptolemaeus. A new look at these manuscripts from a palaeographical
and philological point of view allows us to better evaluate the circulation
of this type of lexica between East and West (in particular the
Terra d’Otranto). In addition, several clues indicate that Lond. Burney
276, ff. 29r–40v and Laur. S. Marci 318 are part of the same book and
show no traces of provenance from the Salento region. The second
part of the contribution explores a peculiar version of this class of
lexica, which we recover from the mss. Barb. gr. 70, ff. 149r–155r (10th–
11th centuries), Casan. 264 (15th–16th centuries), and Ambr. E 26 sup.
(16th century), all of which originate from the Terra d’Otranto. A hitherto
unknown witness of the same recensio (Dresd. G 40, end of the
14th century) is extremely likely to have an Eastern provenance; it
allows us to infer that this peculiar recensio cannot be regarded as an
Otrantine product.
