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Split a/d
GC: A small attestation with a core of four early A-related witnesses for a stands against the coherent majority attestation with a broad A-related basis for d.
TP: The single τι separated from its antecedent καινότερον in the majority text is a bit odd, but this doe not tip the scales in favor of either variant. Variant d avoids the potentially confusing repetition of ἤ in a different meaning and avoids the repetition of τι. Therefore, d appears as an attempt of stylistic improvement, which would have led to an even better result if the first τι had been removed.
Due to the small and partly incoherent attestation for a, however, the decision about the initial text was left open.