C. Codex Regius, or Efizraenzi reseriptus, now in the Imperial Library at Paris, where it is num bered 9. This MS. was probably written in Egypt in the 5th century. It was subsequently corrected about a century after. It was revised a second time about the 9th century, at Constantinople. In the 12th century the old writing was erased with a sponge, to make room for various treatises in Greek of Ephrem the Syrian. It now contains fragments of the O. and N. T., which were published entire for the first time by Tischendorf, 1843, 1845 (2 vols, 4to). This scholar was permitted to apply the Giobertine tincture for the purpose of bringing out the original characters (see Tischendorf's pro legomena to vol. i.) In the N. T. it has portions of the Gospels, Acts, Catholic and Pauline Epistles.
D. Codex Cantabrigiensis, or MS. was presented, in 15Si, to the University of Cam bridge, by Theodore Beza. It is a Greek-Latin MS. of the four Gospels, and the Acts of the Apostles, with a single fragment of the Catholic Epistles. Its age is probably the sixth century. Kipling, Hug, and Schulz think that it was written in Egypt ; but Scholz has given some reasons for assigning it to the south of France, which are not Without weight. Credner assents to the latter opinion, as far as the MS. is concerned ; while he thinks that the text is of Jewish-Christian origin, and attributes it to Palestine. The text is written stichometrically, without separation of words and accents, with many corrections and supplements by different hands. Great diversity of opinion has prevailed respecting the quality of its readings. Bishop Middleton, at the end of his work on the Greek article, depreciated it. Matthrei had done so before. Both unduly lessened its value. \Vhis ton, Harwood, and Bomemann magnified it too highly. The original text, without correction and revision, is ancient and valuable, agreeing substan tially with B. Dr. Kipling published a fac-simile of it at Cambridge, 1793, 2 vols. folio. This is so inaccurate that Scrivener has collated and published the readings anew.
D. Claromontanus, or in the Imperial Library at Paris, No. 107, marked by the same letter of the alphabet as the preceding, but contain ing a different part of the N. T., viz., all Paul's Epistles with the exception of a few verses. It is a Greek-Latin MS., written stichometricaliy, with accents and breathings, but without division into words. According to Montfaucon, it belongs to the 7th century ; but Tischendorf assigns it to the 6th. The text was edited by the latter scholar in 1852, and is very valuable. Various correctors may be traced, but it is not easy always to distin guish them. The first readings are of course the principal ones (see the prolegomena to Tischen dorf's edition.) E. Codex Basdiensis, K. iv. 35 in the public library at Basel. It contains the Gospels, with a very few chasms in Luke's. In some parts smaller writing has taken the place of the older. It be longs to the middle of the 8th century, and was collated by Tischendorf in 1843. See his descrip tion in the Studien and Kritiken for 1844.
E. Codex Laudianns, a Greek-Latin MS. in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. The text is written stichometrically. It contains the Acts, and has a hiatus from xxvi. 29 to xxviii. 26. Its age is the end
of the 6th century, as Tischendorf supposes ; or the 7th, as Wetstein prefers. The readings are very valuable. Hearne published an edition at Oxford 1715, 8vo ; and Tischendorf proposes to publish it more correctly in a future volume of his Nonumenta Sacra. But Scrivener has already undertaken a new edition.
E. Sanzermanensis, in the Imperial Library of St. Petersburg ; a very incorrect transcript of the Codex Claromontanus, and therefore possessing no authority or importance. It appears to belong to the loth century.
F. Codex Boreeli, now in the Library of Utrecht, containing the Gospels, but with many chasms. It was collated and described by Heringa, whose work was published by Vinke, 1843. The MS. belongs to the end of the 9th century.
Fa. Codex Coislinianus, containing a few frag ments of the Gospels, Acts, and Epistles, found among the scholia of Cod. Coislin. r, which has the Octateuch, with the book of Kings. They were edited by Tischendorf in his Ilionumenta Sacra inedita, 1846, p. 400, et seq. The fragments belong to the 7th century.
Fb in the British Museum, 17,136, a rescript fragment from the Nitrian desert, containing a few places of St. John's Gospel, which were deciphered and published by Tischendorf in his Monumenta inedita, vol. ii. The text agrees with the most ancient and best authorities. Tischendorf assigns the fragment to the 4th century. It rather belongs to the 5th.
F. Codex Augiensis, a Greek-Latin MS. of St. Paul's Epistles, in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge. It wants the Epistle to the Hebrews in Greek, and Romans i. 18. Dots are inserted between many of the Greek and Latin words. The text is ancient and valuable. It belongs to the 9th century. In 1842 and 1849 it was collated by Tischendorf; and edited by Scrivener (1859).
G. Harleictims, 5684 in the British Museum, a MS. of the four gospels, but imperfect in many places. It belongs to the 9th or toth century, and was collated by Tischendorf.
G. Boernerianus, a Greek-Latin MS. of Paul's Epistles, now in the Royal Library of Dresden. It has the same chasms as F. Augiensis, with which it agrees remarkably ; so that both texts seem to have proceeded from the same copy. They belong to one country and age : probably to Switzerland and the gth century. Matthiei published it in 1791, 8vo.
II. Codex Seidelii II., a MS. of the four gospels, in the public library of Hamburg. It is imperfect in many places, belongs to the 9th century, and was' collated by Tregelles in 1850.
H. Codex .Illutinensis, 196 in the Ducal Library of Modena, a MS. of the Acts with considerable gaps. Its age is the 9th century. From Acts xxvii. 4 till the end was supplied in uncial letters in the century. The Pauline and Catholic epistles were added in cursive letters in the 15th or 16th century. Tischendorf collated it in H. Codex No. 102 in the Imperial Library at Paris. This 11IS. contains fragments of Paul's Epistles. It consists only of twelve leaves, two which it formerly had being now at Peters burg. Another leaf was recently brought by Tischendorf from Mount Athos, containing Col. iii. 4-1t. The fifteen leaves should be put to gether. It has been collated by Tischendorf, who intends to publish it all, and belongs to the 6th century.