As this work is fairly old, the printing technique and fashion
tend to make reading difficult, and even produce some
inconsistencies. Thus some changes have been made in order to
improve the reading experience:
—Long s (ſ, ß) have been modernized
—The difference between U and V was only contextual (V as
uppercase, and u as lowercase). This has been changed to fit
more modern standards.
—The difference between i and j was also only contextual (j only
in -ij, i.e. at the end of words). J has been replaced by i as
in most modern Latin publications.
—Adverbs were distinguished by an accent on the last vowel.
Mostly a grave accent, but often a vertical or even acute
accent, with no apparent reason. The grave accent has been
generalized (unless the word is followed by an enclitic)
—The printer’s typeface was limited, and lacked the appropriate
diacritics in uppercase, and used O`, A`, E`, Ae, Oe instead of
Ô, À, È, Æ, Œ. This was fixed in order to keep consistency with
their lowercase equivalents.
—Sometimes, the acute accent on the word before the enclitic was
placed in an isolated position before the enclitic instead of
the top of the last vowel, such as est’ne, while éstne was
expected. This was fixed.
—Each dialogue was printed in monolithic blocks, impairing
readability. Each tirade now has its own line, and the general
layout has been modernized.
—The locuters’ names were abbreviated in the text, but with no
consistency, as the length of the abbreviated names was chosen
only to fit in the lines. The full names were restored
everywhere. In two dialogues, two names are used but are absent
from the introduction. Because the original edition is currently
unavailable, it was necessary to search in other editions that
may have had access to the original:
—In Convivium Laudatorium, the faulty names are “Bar” and “Ant”.
In the Argentorati edition, they are respectively “Ger” and
“An”. Gerardus being one of the named characters, the first name
was corrected to Gerardus, because Ger bears some similitude to
Bar, and as for the second one, the only possible name left is
Kilianus given the context.
—In Convivium Tabernarium, the faulty names are Ger[ardus] and
Geor[gius]. In the Argentorati edition, they are both
Geo[rgius]. As there is no better data, Both have been set to
[Georgius].
—Some abbreviations were used in the text, mostly ã, ẽ, ĩ, õ, ũ
for am/an, em/en, im/in, om/on, um/un, and & for et (this one is
systematic). They were all replaced by the full text, except the
& in the titles and presentations of the characters, for styling
purposes.
—The order of the dialogs varies somehow from one edition to
another, so no strictly fixed order exists
—The edition used for the transcription included works from
other authors, such as Erasmus, but as these work are available
elsewhere and aren’t part of the original work, they were not
included.