140. The CODEX VATICANUS 1158. contains the four Gospels, splendidly written on vellum in the twelfth century, with the Eusebian canons and figures. It follows the Constantinopolitan recension, and was partially collated by Scholz.

141. The CODEX VATICANUS 1160., of the thirteenth century, contains the New Testament, with synaxaria: it follows the Constantinopolitan recension, and was collated in select passages by Scholz.

142. The CODEX VATICANUS 1210. contains the Gospels, Acts, Epistles, and Psalms. Numerous readings are written on the margin: in the Gospels it for the most part follows the Constantinopolitan recension. This and the following manuscripts, Nos. 143, 144. 146-157. 159-162. 164-171. 173-175. 177-180. and 182-199. were collated wholly or in part by Drs. Birch and Scholz.

143. The CODEX VATICANUS 1229., of the eleventh century, contains the Gospels, with a commentary. It follows the Constantinopolitan recension.

144. The CODEX VATICANUS 1254., of the eleventh century, contains the Gospels, with the Eusebian canons. It appears to follow the Constantinopolitan recension.

145. The CODEX VATICANUS 1548., of the thirteenth century, contains the Gospels of Luke and John: it is defective in Luke iv. 15.—v. 36., and in John i. 1-26. The seventeenth chapter of Luke, to the twenty-first, inclusive, has been added by another hand. Numerous emendations occur in the text, and various readings in the margin.

146. The CODEX PALATINO-VATICANUS1 5., of the twelfth century, contains the Gospels of Matthew and Mark, with a commentary. It follows the Constantinopolitan recension. 147. The CODEX PALATINO-VATICANUS 89., of the eleventh century, contains the Gospels, with synaxaria. It follows the Constantinopolitan recension.

148. The CODEX PALATINO-VATICANUS 136., of the thirteenth century, contains the Gospels, with scholia on the beginning of St. Matthew. It follows the Constantinopolitan family, but it has some Alexandrine readings.

149. The CODEX PALATINO-VATICANUS 171., of the fourteenth century, contains the New Testament adapted to ecclesiastical use it follows the Constantinopolitan recension.

150. The CODEX PALATINO-VATICANUS 189., of the eleventh century, contains the Gospels, with the Eusebian canons, and synaxaria: it follows the Constantinopolitan family. 151. The CODEX PALATINO-VATICANUS 220., of the eleventh century, contains the Gospels, with the Eusebian canons, and scholia: it has a mixed text.

152. The CODEX PALATINO-VATICANUS 227., of the thirteenth century, contains the Gospels, with figures, and prologues. It follows the Constantinopolitan recension.

153. The CODEX PALATINO-VATICANUS 229., of the thirteenth century, contains the Gospels, with prologues, and synaxaria: it has a mixed text, but chiefly agrees with the Constantinopolitan recension.

154. The CODEX ALEXANDRINO-VATICANUS2 28, was written in 1442, and, according to the opinion of Scholz, in Italy. It contains the Gospels, with the commentary of Theophylact, and follows the Alexandrine recension.

nicle of the life of Christ, the Chronicle of Hippolytus, and a preface from Chrysostom. Scholz states that it was transcribed from, and collated with, some very ancient Jerusalem manuscripts, preserved in a monastery of the Holy Mountain [Athos]. It sometimes agrees with the Constantinopolitan recension, but it has very numerous Alexandrine readings.

158. The CODEX PII II. VATICANUS 53. Contains the Gospels, written in the eleventh century, with the Eusebian canons. There are various readings inserted in the margin.

159. The CODEX BARBERINIANUS 8. contains the four Gospels, written in the eleventh century: its text follows the Constantinopolitan recension.

160. The CODEX BARBERINIANUS 9., written in the year 1123, contains the four Gospels, with synaxaria: it agrees with the Constantinopolitan text.

161. The CODEX BARBERINIANUS 10., of the tenth century, contains the Gospels: it is imperfect in John xvi. 4.-xxi. 25. 162. The CODEX BARBERINIANUS 11., written in the year 1163, contains the Gospels, with the Eusebian canons, and figures. 163. The CODEX BARBERINIANUS 12., written in Syria in the eleventh century, contains only the sections of the Gospels usually read in churches, together with fragments of the Eusebian canons. It follows the Constantinopolitan recension.

164. The CODEX BARBERINIANUS 13., written in 1040, contains the Gospels, with the Eusebian canons and synaxaria. It chiefly follows the Constantinopolitan recension; but it has many Alexandrine readings.

165. The CODEX BARBERINIANUS 14. formerly belonged to Eugenia, the daughter of John Pontanus, by whom it was presented to the Barberini Library. It was written by a Roman monk in the year 1197, with the Latin version, Eusebian canons, and synaxaria. It follows the Constantinopolitan family.

166. The CODEX BARBERINIANUS 115., of the thirteenth century, contains Luke ix. 33.-xxiv. 24., and John. It mostly agrees with the Alexandrine recension, but frequently, also, with the Constantinopolitan family.

167. The CoDEX BARBERINIANUS 208., of the fourteenth century, contains the Gospels, which follow the Constantinopolitan text.

168. The CODEX BARBERINIANUS 211., of the thirteenth century, contains the four Gospels, with the commentary of Theophylact. It follows the Constantinopolitan recension.

169. The CODEX VALLICELLIANUS B. 133. belongs to the library of Santa Maria in Vallicella, a library at Rome belonging to the fathers of the oratory of San Filippo Neri: it contains the Gospels, written in the eleventh century, with prologues, figures, and synaxaria.

170. The CODEX VALLICELLIANUS C. 61., of the thirteenth century, contains the Gospels, with synaxaria. The last chapters of Saint Luke, and many chapters of Saint John, have been written by a later hand. It follows the Constantinopolitan family.

171. The CODEX VALLICELLIANUS C. 73. contains the Gospels, written in the fourteenth century. Its text follows the Alexandrine recension.

156. THE CODEX ALEXANDRINO-VATICANUS 189., of the twelfth century, contains the Gospels, the text of which follows the Constantinopolitan recension.

157. The CODEX URBINO-VATICANUS3 2. appears to have been written for the use of John II. emperor of the East, who succeeded Alexius in the empire in 1118. It contains the

Palatine.

1 The Codices Palatino Vaticano are so called, because they were presented to the Vatican Library, during the pontificate of Urban VIII, by Maximilian, Elector of Bavaria: they formerly belonged to the Electors2 The Codices Alexandrino-Vaticani formerly belonged to Alexandrina Christina, Queen of Sweden, who abdicated her throne, and went to reside at Rome, where she embraced the Romish faith. Pope Alexander XII. presented them to the Vatican Library.

The Urbino-Vatican Library at Rome is a collection of books, removed from Urbino to Rome, by Pope Clement VIL, who added them to the Vatican Library.

173. The CODEX VATICANUS 1983. (formerly S. Basilii 22.), written, according to Scholz, in the thirteenth century, for the use of some church in Asia Minor, contains the Gospels, with synaxaria, and the Eusebian canons. It is defective in John xiii. 1.-xxi. 25., and almost every where agrees with the Constantinopolitan family.

174. The CODEX VATICANUS 2002. (formerly S. Basil. 41.) was written in the year 1063, and contains the Gospels. It is defective in Matt. i. 1.—ii. 1. and John i. 1-27. and viii. 47.-xxi. 25.

175. The CODEXVATICANUS 2020. (formerly S. Basil. 119.), of the twelfth century, contains the New Testament, with scholia on the Acts. It is defective in Matt. i. 1.-iv. 17. Some various readings have been added in the margin. It agrees with the Constantinopolitan recension, but it frequently has Alexandrine readings.

The Codices Barberiniani derive their name from the library founded in the Barberini Palace at Rome, by the cardinal Francis Barberini, in the seventeenth century.

177. The CODEX VATICANUS, formerly Basil. 163., contains the Gospels, written in the eleventh century. It is imperfect in John i. 1-29.

178. The CODEX ANGELICUS A. 1. 5., in the library of the monastery of the Augustinians at Rome, contains the Gospels with the Eusebian canons, written in the twelfth century: it follows the Constantinopolitan recension, and is imperfect in John xxi. 17. to the end.

179. The CODEX ANGELICUS A. 4. 11. contains the Gospels, with the Eusebian canons, written on vellum, in the twelfth century. Some leaves have been added, by a later hand, on paper, in which the chasms occurring in it have been supplied. This manuscript is accommodated to ecclesiastical use, and mostly follows the Alexandrine recension.

180. The manuscript in the library of the College of the PROPAGANDA at Rome, formerly Borgia 2., contains the Gospels, written in the eleventh century, to which are added the Acts, Epistles, Apocalypse, and some apocryphal books which bear, the date of the year 1284. It agrees with the Constantinopolitan recension."

181. The manuscript belonging to Francis Cardinal de ZELADA Contains the Gospels, with scholia, written in the eleventh century. Its text follows the Constantinopolitan

recension.

201. The CODEX 701., formerly belonging to the friarspreachers of Saint Mark, was written in the year 1359. It contains the New Testament, and, according to Dr. Scholz, it is undoubtedly the same manuscript from which Wetstein quoted some various readings out of Lamy's treatise De Eruditione Apostolorum, and which he numbered 107., referring it to the fourteenth century.

202. The CODEX 705., formerly belonging to the friarspreachers of Saint Mark, contains the Gospels, with synaxaria, written in the twelfth century.

203. The CODEX 707., formerly belonging to the friarspreachers of Saint Mark, of the fifteen century, contains the New Testament written in modern Greek. Dr. Scholz states

that he does not know where the MSS. Nos. 199–203. are at present to be found.

204. The CODEX BONONIENSIS 640., belonging to the canons regular, contains the Gospels, Acts, and Epistles, written in the eleventh century.

205. The CODEX VENETUS 5. (in the library of Saint Mark at Venice) formerly belonged to Cardinal Bessarion. It contains the Old and New Testaments, written in the fifteenth century, and it is allied to the manuscripts of the Alexandrine family.

182-198.

183. The CODEX LAURENTIANUS VI. 14., of the twelfth century, contains the Gospels, with figures, Eusebian canons, and synaxaria.

184. The CODEX LAURENTIANUS VI. 15., of the thirteenth century, contains the Gospels, with prologues.

185. The CODEX LAURENTIANUS VI. 16., written by one Basilius in the twelfth century, contains the Gospels with prologues and synaxaria.

208. The CODEX VENETIANUS 9., of the tenth century, contains the Gospels, with the Eusebian canons. Its text is allied to that of the MSS. of the Alexandrine recension.

209. The CODEX Venetianus 10., of the fifteenth century, contains the New Testament, in the following order, viz. the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic Epistles, the Epistles of Saint Paul, Gospels, and Apocalypse, with prolegomena. In the Gospels, the text follows the Alexandrine recension; and in the Acts and Epistles it chiefly agrees with the Constantino

taries.

187. The CODEX LAURENTIANUS VI. 23., of the twelfth century, contains the Gospels, with figures and paintings. 188. The CODEX LAURENTIANUS VI. 25., of the eleventh century, contains the Gospels, with synaxaria.

189. THE CODEX LAURENTIANUS VI. 27., of the twelfth century, contains the Gospels, Acts, and Epistles, with prologues and synaxaria.

190. The CODEX LAURENTIANUS VI. 28., written in the month of July, 1385, contains the Gospels.

191. The CODEX LAURENTIANUS VI. 29., of the thirteenth century, contains the Gospels, with prologues.

192. The CODEX LAURENTIANUS VI. 30., also of the thirteenth century, contains the Gospels, with prologues.

193. The CODEx Laurentianus VI. 32., written in the eleventh century, contains the Gospels, with the Eusebian canons and figures. It has been adapted to ecclesiastical use. 194. The CODEX LAURENTIANUS VI. 33., of the eleventh century, contains the Gospels, with a figure of St. John the apostle, and with commentaries.

195. The CODEX LAURENTIANUS VI. 34., of the eleventh century, contains the Gospels, with prologues, commentaries, and synaxaria.

196. The CODEX LAURENTIANUS VIII. 12., of the twelfth century, contains the Gospels, written in red letters, with a catena and figures.

197. The CODEX LAURENTIANUS VIII. 14., of the eleventh century, contains the Epistles of St. James, and fragments of the Gospels of St. Matthew and St. Mark, with commentaries.

198. The CODEX LAURENTIANUS 256., of the thirteenth century, contains the Gospels, with the Eusebian canons.

Birch and Engelbreth its readings will be found in Dr. Schulz's third edition of Griesbach's Revision of the Greek Testament, and also in Dr. Scholz's critical edition. 210. The CODEX VENETIANUS 27., of the tenth century, contains the Gospels, with a catena.

211. The CODEX VENETIANUS 539., of the eleventh century, contains the Gospels, with an Arabic version. There are chasms in the beginning of Saint Matthew and Saint John. 212, 213. The CODICES VENETIANI 540. and 542., of the eleventh century, contain the Gospels.

214. The CODEX VENETIANUS 543., of the fourteenth century, contains the Gospels, with synaxaria. It appears to agree with the text of the Constantinopolitan recension.

215. The CODEX VENETIANUS 544., of the eleventh century, contains the Gospels, with commentaries from the writings of the fathers, to which are prefixed the canons of Eusebius and his epistle to Carpianus. It was collated on Matt. xxiv., Mark iv., Luke iv., and John v. Its text for the most part agrees with that of the Constantinopolitan recension.

216. The CODEX CANONICI, brought from Corcyra into the library of Saint Mark at Venice, contains the Gospels. Its date is not specified by Scholz.

217. The CODEX III. in Class I. of Saint Mark's library, written in the twelfth or thirteenth century, contains the Gospels, with the Eusebian canons and synaxaria. It was collated for the same portions of the Gospels as No. 215. Its text agrees partly with the Alexandrine and partly with the Constantinopolitan recension.

200. The CODEX 6., formerly belonging to the same monks,

219. The CODEX CESAREO-VINDOBONENSIS 321. (Lambecii 32.), of the thirteenth century, contains the Gospels, with prologues. It chiefly agrees with the Constantinopolitan recension, and was collated by Alter.

220. The CODEX CESAREO-VINDOBONENSIS 337. (Lambecii 33.) contains the Gospels, written in very small characters in the fourteenth century. Its text for the most part agrees with the Constantinopolitan recension. It was also collated by Alter.

221. The CODEX CESAREO-VINDOBONENSIS CXVII. 29. (Lambecii 38.) contains the four Gospels, written in the eleventh century, with Chrysostom's commentaries on St. Matthew and St. John, with the commentary of Victor on St. Mark, and of Titus of Bostra on St. Luke. It is defective in Matt. i. 1-11. As the transcriber of this manuscript seems rather to have designed the writing of a commentary than a correct text, it is difficult to refer it to any recension, from the liberty he has taken of making arbitrary additions to or omissions in the text.

222. The CODEX CESAREO-VINDOBONENSIS (Nessel. 180. Lambec. 39.), of the fourteenth century, contains sections of the Gospels, with commentaries. It is imperfect both at the beginning and end; and for the most part agrees with the Constantinopolitan recension.

223. The CODEX CESAREO-VINDOBONENSIS 301 (Lambec. 40.), of the fourteenth century, contains fragments of the Gospels of St. Matthew, St. Luke, and St. John, with a catena. Scholz states it to be of little value in a critical point of view it was collated by Alter.

224. The CODEX CESAREUS 8. in Kollarius's Catalogue, and 30. in Forlosia's Auctarium, came from Naples to Vienna. It contains the Gospel of St. Matthew, the text of which chiefly agrees with that of the Constantinopolitan recension: it was collated by Alter.

225. The CODEX CESAREUS 9. of Kollarius and 31. of Forlosia, contains the Gospels, with synaxaria. It exhibits a mixed text, agreeing partly with the Constantinopolitan recension, and partly with the Alexandrine recension. It was collated by Alter, and was written in the year 1192.

226. The CODEX ESCURIALENSIS & IV. 17., of the eleventh century, contains the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, and Epistles, with figures: it exhibits a mixed text, and has been corrected by some one after a copy of later date. This and the seven following manuscripts (227-233.) were collated in select passages by Dr. Moldenhawer.

227. The CODEX ESCURIALENSIS III. 15., of the thirteenth sx. century, contains the Gospels, with figures: some of its leaves have been misplaced by the bookbinder. It agrees with the Constantinopolitan family.

228. The CODEX ESCURIALENSIS x IV. 12. contains the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, and the Epistles, with the Eusebian canons, written in the fourteenth century.

229. The CODEX ESCURIALENSIS IV. 21., written in the year 1140 by Basilius Argyropylus, a notary: it contains the Gospels, with a figure of Saint Mark, and is imperfect in Mark xvi. 15-20. and John i. 1-11. Many alterations of the ancient writing (which are evidently of the fourteenth century) are written partly in the text and partly in the margin; but nearly half the readings and notes in the margin have perished through the carelessness of the bookbinder. Its text agrees partly with the Alexandrine and partly with the Constantinopolitan recension.

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230. The CODEX ESCURIALENSIS III. 5., written in 1014, contains the Gospels, with synaxaria. Its text agrees partly with the Alexandrine and partly with the Constantinopolitan

recension.

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and the Gospels, with synaxaria. The text of the Gospels for the most part agrees with the Constantinopolitan recension. 235. The CODEX HAVNIENSIS 2. was written in 1314, and contains the Gospels adapted to ecclesiastical use. pears chiefly to agree with the Alexandrine recension. 236. The readings of a manuscript which are written in the margin of Dr. Mill's edition of the New Testament, written partly by himself and partly by Hearne, the editor of the Codex Laudianus. It is not known from what manuscript these readings were derived. Griesbach has given a copious extract of their various readings in his Symbola Critica, vol. i. pp. 247-304.

237. The CODEX S. SYNODI 42. in the library of the HOLY SYNOD at Moscow (d. of Matthaei's notation), contains the Gospel, with scholia and figures, written in the tenth century. It agrees for the most part with the Constantinopolitan recension.

238. The CODEX S. SYNODI 48. (e. of Matthaei), of the eleventh century, contains the Gospels of Matthew and Mark, with commentaries and a catena. It agrees for the most part with the Constantinopolitan recension.

239. The CODEX S. SYNODI 47. (g. of Matthaei) contains Mark xvi. 2-8., Luke, and John i. 1.-xxi. 23., with commentaries. It agrees almost always with the Constantino-、 politan recension.

240. The CODEX S. SYNODI 49., of the twelfth century, contains the Gospels, with the commentary of Euthymius Zigabenus. It is defective in Mark viii. 12-34. xiv. 17— 54., and Luke xv. 32.-xvi. 8. It follows the Constantinopolitan family.

241. The CODEX DRESDENSIS formerly belonged to Matthaei, who has noted it by the letter k in his edition of the New Testament. It is very beautifully and carefully written in the eleventh century, and contains the New Testament, with synaxaria. It chiefly agrees with the Constantinopolitan recension.

242. The CODEX S. SYNODI 380. (1. of Matthaei), of the twelfth century, contains the New Testament, with figures, the Eusebian canons, paintings, and prologues, besides psalms and odes. It follows the Constantinopolitan recension.

243. The CODEX BIBLIOTHECA TYPOGRAPH. SYNODI 13. (m. of Matthaei), written in the fourteenth century, contains the Gospels of St. Matthew and St. Luke, with the commentary of Theophylact. It follows the Constantinopolitan recension.

244. The CODEX BIBLIOTHECA TYPOGRAPH. SYNODI 1. (n. of Matthaei), contains the Gospels, with figures, and the commentaries of Euthymius Zigabenus. It follows the Constantinopolitan recension.

245. The CODEX SYNOD. 265. (o. of Matthaei), written in 1199, contains the Gospels, and follows the Constantinopolitan recension.

246. The CODEX SYNOD. 261. (p. of Matthaei), of the fourteenth century, contains the Gospels. It is defective in Matt. xii. 41.-xiii. 55., and in John xvii. 24.-xviii. 20. It follows the Constantinopolitan recension, and has some various readings in the margin.

247. The CODEX SYNOD. 373. (q. of Matthaei), of the twelfth century, contains the Gospels, with synaxaria. It follows the Constantinopolitan recension.

248. The CODEX SYNOD. 264. (r. of Matthaei), written in 1275, contains the Gospels, and for the most part agrees with the Constantinopolitan family.

249. The CODEX SYNOD. 94. (s. of Matthaei), written in the eleventh century, contains the Gospel of St. John, with a catena. It agrees with the Constantinopolitan recension.

250. The CODEX SYNOD. (not numbered), preserved in a small wooden box (v. of Matthaei), contains John vii. 39. to the end of that Gospel, written in cursive Greek characters in the thirteenth century.

233. The CODEX ESCURIALENSIS » II. 8. contains the Gospels, with a catena, written in the twelfth century. It agrees with the Constantinopolitan recension.

234. The CODEX HAVNIENSIS 1. in the Royal library at Copenhagen was written in 1278, and contains the Acts of the Apostles, the Epistles of St. Paul, the catholic Epistles, VOL. I. 21

252. The CODEX DRESDENSIS formerly belonged to Matthaei, who has noted it with the letter z.: it is of the eleventh century, and contains the Gospels. This manuscript has corrections and double readings, which have been added by the same hand from another manuscript. Its text, for the most part, agrees with that of the Constantinopolitan recension.

254. The CODEX MATTHAEII of the eleventh century (11. of Matthaei), contains the Gospels of Saint Luke and Saint John with figures and scholia. Its text for the most part agrees with the Constantinopolitan family.

255. The CODEX SYNOD. 139. (12. of Matthaei), of the thirteenth century, contains commentaries extracted from Chrysostom and others on the Gospels, with fragments of the sacred text, which for the most part follows the Constantinopolitan family.

256. The CODEX BIBLIOTHECA TYPOGRAPH. 3. (14. of Matthaei), of the ninth century, contains scholia on Mark and Luke, together with fragments of the sacred text, which for the most part agrees with the Constantinopolitan recen

sion.

257. The CODEX BIBLIOTH. SYNOD. 120. (15. of Matthaei) contains fragments of John i. and xx., written in capital letters in the eighth century, with scholia. Its text mostly agrees with the Constantinopolitan recension.

258. The CODEX DRESDENSIS (17. of Matthaei), of the thirteenth century, contains the Gospels incorrectly written by an illiterate scribe, together with figures. It agrees with the Constantinopolitan recension.

259. The CODEX S. SYNODI 45. (a. of Matthaei) contains the Gospels written in the eleventh century, with synaxaria, the Eusebian canons, and commentaries. Its text for the most part agrees with the Alexandrine family.

The preceding manuscripts, Nos. 236-259., were collated and described by Matthaei. Dr. Scholz, however, has omitted those which he has marked á, ß', y', 8', é, §' s, d', x', μí', π', g', ø', 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. and 9., because they appear to contain only some works of Chrysostom.

iii. Manuscripts containing the New Testament and the Gospels, which, for the first time, were collated by Dr.

Scholz.

260. The CODEX REGIUS 51. formerly 2243. (in the royal library at Paris),' contains the four Gospels, with figures, correctly written in the twelfth century. It follows the Constantinopolitan recension. The greater part of this manuscript was collated.

267. The CODEX REGIUS 69. (formerly 3012., Colbertinus 4631.) contains the Gospels, written in the tenth century, and adapted to ecclesiastical use. It is imperfect in Matt. i. 1-8., Mark i. 1-7., Luke i. 1-8. xxiv. 50., and John i. 12. It follows the Constantinopolitan family, and was collated on Matt. ii.-x. and John vii. viii. The remainder was cursorily examined.

268. The CODEX REGIUS 73. (formerly 5312., afterwards 2859.), of the twelfth century, contains the Gospels, with the Eusebian canons, synaxaria, and figures. It was collated on Matt. xxvi., Mark i.-iv., and John iv.-viii., and it follows the Constantinopolitan recension.

269. The CODEX REGIUS 74. (formerly 171., and afterwards 1042. and 2858.), of the eleventh century, contains the Gospels, with pictures. The Gospel of St. Matthew was collated, and also Mark i.-iv. It follows the Constantinopolitan recension.

270. The CODEX REGIUS 75. (formerly 2868.), of the eleventh century, contains the Gospels, with synaxaria. It chiefly follows the Constantinopolitan recension, but it also has many Egyptian readings. Most of this manuscript was collated by Scholz.

271. The CODEX REGIUS 75a., of the twelfth century, contains the Gospels, with the Eusebian canons and figures. In Matthew, Luke, and John, it almost entirely follows the Constantinopolitan recension; but in Mark it has a mixed text. The chief part of this manuscript was collated.

272. The CODEX REGIUS 76. (formerly 2865.) contains the Gospels, written in the eleventh century: It follows the Constantinopolitan recension, and was collated on Matt. vi. —xi., Mark i.—iii., John v.—viii. The remainder was cursorily examined.

273. The CODEX REGIUS 79. (formerly 4480., Colbertinus 3012.) was written, partly on vellum in the twelfth, and partly on cotton paper in the fourteenth century. It contains the Gospels, with an epitome of the evangelical annals, a scholium on Luke vi., the Eusebian canons, the commentacontained in the Gospels, and a fragment of a synaxarion. ries of Severianus on Luke vii. 37., a table of the parables The text chiefly follows the Constantinopolitan recension, but it has some Alexandrine readings. This manuscipt was

collated in select passages.

agrees

262. The CODEX REGIUS 53., of the tenth century, contains the Gospels, with synaxaria and the Eusebian canons. It chiefly agrees with the Constantinopolitan recension, and was collated throughout.

263. The CODEX REGIUS 61., formerly 2251. and also 2864., was written in the twelfth century, and probably in Asia Minor. It contains the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, and the Epistles, with figures. It has only the beginning of the Eusebian canons, but the numbers of the Ammonian sections are written in the margin. In the Gospels this manuscript follows the Constantinopolitan recension. It was collated on Matt. viii.—xiv., Mark i.—iv., and John

ii.-v.

264. The CODEX REGIUS 65. (formerly 2862.) was written in the thirteenth century, and (it should seem from the form of the letters) in Egypt. It contains the Gospels, and was collated by Scholz on Matt. xviii.-xxiv. Mark iii.—v. and John iv.-viii.; in other passages he only cursorily examined this manuscript, the text of which is mixed.

265. The CODEX REGIUS 66. (formerly 2858.), of the tenth century, contains the Gospels, the text of which is composed of the Constantinopolitan and Alexandrine families. The following portions were collated; viz. the whole Gospel of St. Matthew, Mark i.-v., Luke xxii.-xxiv., and John v. -viii. The remainder was cursorily examined.

266. The CODEX REGIUS 67. (formerly 877. and 2863.), of the tenth century, contains the Gospels, with synaxaria; The Codices Regii, in the royal library at Paris, are copiously de

scribed by Scholz in his Biblische Kritische Reese, pp. 1-13.

litan family.

contains the Gospels, with the Eusebian canons, prologues, 275. The CODEX REGIUS 80. (formerly 538, and 22423.) and a portion of a synaxarion, written in the eleventh century. Scholz collated it for the Gospel of St. Matthew, and on Mark amined: it agrees with the Constantinopolitan family. i. ii. and John iii.-viii. The remainder was cursorily ex

contains the Gospels, with the Eusebian canons and figures, 276. The CODEX REGIUS 81., of the eleventh century, and agrees with the Constantinopolitan family. It was collated for the Gospel of St. Matthew, and on Mark i.—vi., Luke iv. and xxii., and John v. and viii.

contains the Gospels, with the Eusebian canons and figures. 277. The CODEX REGIUS 81. A., of the eleventh century, Some passages, which had been omitted, have been supplied by a later hand. Its text mostly follows the Constantinopolitan recension. The chief part of this manuscript was collated by Scholz.

the Gospels, with the Eusebian canons, figures, and synax278. The CODEX REGIUS 82. (formerly 3012.) contains aria, written in the twelfth century. From some Armenian executed in Asia Minor, whence it migrated to an Armenian inscriptions, Dr. Scholz conjectures that it was originally monastery. Matt. xiii. 43.-xvii. 5. have been supplied by a later hand. Its text follows the Constantinopolitan family: it was collated in select passages.

6051.) was presented to Louis XIV. in the year 1686, by 279. The CODEX REGIUS 86. (formerly 2860., Colbertinus Joseph Georgirene, Archbishop of Samos. It was written in the twelfth century, and contains the Gospels, with the Eusebian canons, synaxaria, and figures. It follows the Con