Posted: Sep 23, 2011 6:53 am
IanS wrote:I have not checked Wikipedia or other sources on Suetonius,
The earliest manuscript called "Memmianus" is from the 9th century, "probably deriving from the monastery of Fulda in Germany", according to Lietta De Salvo, who wrote the intro to my edition. It's kept today in the National Library of Paris. All other preserved manuscripts are derived from it.
This makes Suetonius the earliest of these maunscripts.