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Okay, so it looks like VS13 does NOT have a red capital letter starting it and comes right after VS12 in the manuscript. In fact the 2nd half of VS13 DOES have a red capital starting it! VS13 = PD27 and PD27 typically runs: ὧν ἡ σοφία παρασκευάζεται εἰς τὴν τοῦ ὅλου βίου μακαριότητα πολὺ μέγιστόν ἐστιν ἡ τῆς φιλίας κτῆσις. VS13 in the Vatican manuscript reads: https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.gr.1950.pt.2/0255 So, the text in the manuscript reads: ὧν ἡ σοφία παρασκευάζεται εἰς τὴν τοῦ ὅλου βί…

(Quote from Cassius) Typically, it's simply the first word of each "saying," marking the beginning of each quote. However, as I've noted on several just so far, sometimes the beginning of what we would see as a beginning does not have a red letter, and a couple so far have a red letter in the "middle" of a saying. I initially just took the "Oh, they mark the start of each saying" route. Now, I'm not sure whether we should invest them with any additional significance or not. This has become an ey…

(Quote from Cassius) (I also added a postscript to that last post of I was editing while you were replying.) The scribe here in Vat.gr.1950 doesn't seem as concerned with maximizing his writing surface. Back in the day, Philodemus's texts would run everything all together. This 14th c manuscript with the Sayings actually has word breaks and will start a new line when the previous saying is done. One component is definitely the start of a new quote, but not consistently... At least from our persp…