193. Flor. Laur. vi. 32 [xi], 8vo, 6- 5, ff. 165 (27), _Carp._, _Eus.

t._, _pict._, ?ef., _Am._ (not _Eus._), (??a??., _lect._ in later hand).

194. Flor. Laur. vi. 33 [xi], 11- 9-, ff. 263 (22), _pict._, and a marginal catena (Victor's on St. Mark) resembling that of Cod. 34: e.g. on Luke xxiv. 13. ?ef., _Am._ (not _Eus._), _subscr._, st??., _pict._ Begins Matt. iii. 7.

195. Flor. Laur. vi. 34 [xi], 10-7/8 8-5/8, ff. 277 (25), once belonged to the Cistercian convent of S. Salvator de Septimo. _Prol._ (the same as in Cod. 186 but briefer, attributed to Eusebius), _syn._, and a commentary (Victor's on St. Mark). The date of the year is lost, but the month (May) and indiction (8) remain. ?ef. _t._, ?ef., t?t?., _Am._, _Eus._, _syn._, _men._

196. Flor. Laur. viii. 12 [xii], 9- 7-, ff. 369 (44), _prol._, ?ef.

_t._ (all together at the beginning), ?ef., t?t?., the text in red letters (_see_ p. 184, note 1), _pict._, with a catena in black. Given by a son of Cosmo de' Medici in 1473 to the Convent of St. Mark at Florence.

197. (Act. 90.) Flor. Laur. viii. 14 [xi], fol., 11- 9-, ff. 154 (29), _prol._, ?ef. _t._, ?ef., t?t?., contains the Epistle of St. James with a marginal gloss: also portions of SS. Matthew and Mark, with Chrysostom's commentary on St. Matthew, and Victor's on St. Mark, all imperfect.

198. Flor. Laur. aedil. 221 [xiii], 4to, 9- 6-5/8, ff. 171 (29), _chart._, _Carp._, _Eus. t._, ?ef. _t._, _Am._, _Eus._, _lect._, _subscr._: from the library "Aedilium Flor. Ecc." Here again _Am._ and _Eus._ are in the same line (_see_ Cod. 112): the ??a???sata also are numbered.

Codd. 199-203 were inspected, rather than collated, by Birch at Florence before 1788; the first two in the Benedictine library of St. Maria; the others in that of St. Mark, belonging to the Dominican Friars. Scholz could not find any of them, but 201 is Wetstein's 107, Scrivener's m; 202 is now in the British Museum, Addit. 14,774. The other two Burgon found in the Laurentian Library, whither they came at the suppression of monasteries in 1810. They were examined afterwards by Gregory.

199. Flor. Laur. Conv. Sopp. 160, formerly Badia 99 or S. Mariae 67 [xii], 5-5/8 4-, ff. 229 (25), _Eus. t._, ?ef. _t._ with _harm._, ?ef., t?t?., _subscr._, _pict._, _lect._, with iambic verses and various scholia. The st???? are numbered and, besides _Am._, _Eus._, there exists in parts a Harmony at the foot of the pages, such as is described in p. 58, note 2.

200. Flor. Laur. Conv. Sopp. 159, formerly Badia 69 or S. Mariae 66 [x], 8- 6-7/8, ff. 229 (25), _pict._, _Carp._, _Eus. t._, ?ef. _t._, _Am._, all in gold: _Eus._ in red, ?ef., t?t?., with fragments of Gregory of Nyssa against the Arians (_syn._ and _men._ xiv). There are many scholia in vermilion scattered throughout the book. Codd. 199, 200 were presented to St. Maria's by Antonia Corbinelli [d. 1423]: the latter from St.

Justina's, another Benedictine house.

*201. (Act. 91, Paul. 104, Apoc. 94.) Lond. Brit. Mus. Addit. 11,837, formerly Praedicator. S. Marci 701 [Oct. 7, 1357, Ind. 11], 13- 11, ff.

492 (22), is mscr. in the Gospels, pscr. in Act., Paul., and bscr. in Apoc. This splendid copy was purchased for the British Museum from the heirs of Dr. Samuel Butler, Bishop of Lichfield. It contains the whole New Testament; was first cited by Wetstein (107) from notices by Jo. Lamy, in his "de Eruditione Apostolorum," Florence, 1738; glanced at by Birch, and stated by Scholz (N. T. vol. ii. pp. xii, xxviii) to have been cursorily collated by himself: how that is possible can hardly be understood, as he elsewhere professes his ignorance whither the manuscript had gone (N. T.

vol. i. p. lxxii). Scrivener collated the whole volume. There are many changes by a later hand, also _syn._, ?ef. _t._, ?ef., t?t?., _Am._, some _Eus._, _lect._, _prol._, ??a??., _subscr._, st??., _vers._, and some foreign matter.

202. Brit. Mus. Addit. 14,774, formerly Praed. S. Marci 705 [xii], 10 8, ff. 278 (21), ?ef. _t._ (in red and gold), _orn._, ?ef., t?t?., _Am._, _Eus._ (the last often omitted), _lect._, _subscr._, st??., _men._, _syn._ This splendid copy cost the Museum 84 (Bloomfield).

203. Flor. Bibl. Nat. Convent. i. 10, 7, formerly Praed. S. Marci 707 [xv], 8-5/8 5-, _chart._, is really in modern Greek. Birch cites it for John vii. 53, but it ought to be expunged from the list.

204. (Act. 92, Paul. 105.) [xi or xiii], Bologna, Bibl. Univ. 2775, formerly Bononiensis Canonicor. Regular. St. Salvador 640. After the suppression of the house in 1867, it was moved to its present place. 7- 5-3/8, ff. 443 (25). _Syn._, ?ef., ??a???sata numbered (without _Am._, _Carp._), _lect._, _pict._ (Birch, Scholz, corrected by Burgon). Also t?t?., _men._, _subscr._, st??.

Codd. 205-215, 217 in the Ducal palace at Venice, were slightly examined by Birch in 1783, carefully by Burgon in 1872, and by Gregory in 1886.

205. (Act. 93, Paul. 106, Apoc. 88.) Venice, Mark 5 [xv], large fol., 15- 11, ff. 441 (55, 56), _prol._ (Cath., Paul.), ?ef. _t._, ?ef. (Gr. and Lat.), t?t?., _subscr._, contains both Testaments, with many peculiar readings. It was written for Cardinal Bessarion (apparently by John Rhosen his librarian), the donor of all these books. This is Dean Holmes' No. 68 in the Septuagint, and contains a note in the Cardinal's hand: t?p?? ?. ?

?e?a ??af? pa?a?? te ?a? ??a p?sa; ?t?a ??ssa?????? ?a?d????e?? ?p?s??p??

?a???? t?? (sic) ?a? ???a?a?. By t?p?? ? Holmes understands the class mark of the volume in Bessarion's Library. W. F. Rinck considers it in the _Gospels_ a copy of Cod. 209 ("Lucubratio Critica in Act. Apost. Epp.

C. et P.," Basileae, 1830). Burgon, who fully admits their wonderful similarity in respect to the text, judges that Cod. 205, which is much more modern than Cod. 209, was transcribed from the same _uncial_ archetype.

206. (Act. 94, Paul. 107, Apoc. 101.) Ven. Mark 6 [xv or xvi], 15 10-5/8, ff. 431, like Codd. 69 and 233, is partly on parchment, partly on paper. It contains both Testaments, but is not numbered for the Apocalypse. A mere duplicate of Cod. 205, as Holmes saw clearly: it is his No. 122.

207. Ven. Mark 8 [xi or xii], 10-7/8 8-3/8, ff. 267 (22), 2 cols., _Carp._, _prol._, _pict._, ?ef. _t._, t?t?., ?ef., _Am._ (not _Eus._) in gold, _syn._, _men._, _mut._ in Matt. i. 1-13; Mark i. 1-11, for the sake of the gorgeous illuminations. Written in two columns. Once owned by A. F.

R.

208. Ven. Mark 9 [xi or xii], 7-1/8 5-, ff. 239 (23), _Carp._, _Eus.

t._, ?ef. _t._, ?ef., t?t?., _Am._, _Eus._, of some value.

209. (Act. 95, Paul. 108, Apoc. 46.) Ven. Mark 10 [xi, xiv Greg.], 7- 4-, ff. 411 (27), of the whole New Testament, once Bessarion's, who had it with him at the Council of Florence, 1439. There are numerous minute marginal notes in vermilion, obviously _prima manu_. In its delicate style of writing this copy greatly resembles Cod. 1 (facsimile No. 23). ?ef.

_t._, t?t?., ?ef., _Am._ (not _Eus._), also the modern chapters in the margin. _Prol._ to Epistles, _lect._, but not much in the Gospels, before each of which stands a blank leaf, as if for _pict._ A good collation of Codd. 205 and 209 is needed; Birch did little, Engelbreth gave him some readings, and Fleck has published part of a collation by Heimbach. Rinck collated Apoc. i-iii. In the Gospels they are very like Codd. B, 1. The Apocalypse is in a later hand, somewhat resembling that of Cod. 205, and has _prol._ For the unusual order of the books, _see_ above, p. 72.

210. Ven. Mark 27 [xi or xii], a noble fol., 14 11-7/8, ff. 372, with a catena (Victor's commentary on St. Mark). _Mut._ Matt. i. 1-ii. 18, from the same cause as in Cod. 207. Rich blue and gold illuminations, and pictures of SS. Mark and Luke. ??t?., ?ef., _pict._

211. Ven. Mark 539 [xii], fol., 11- 9-, ff. 280 (29-26), 2 cols., _mut._ Luke i. 1-ii. 32; John i. 1-iv. 2, with an Arabic version in the right-hand column of each page. ?ef. t., Am., Eus. (irregularly inserted), _lect._, _syn._, _men._, _subscr._, ??., st??.

Burgon cites Zanetti, Graeca D. Marc. Bibl. Codd. MSS., Venet. 1740, p.

291, for the enumeration of the five Patriarchates (_see_ above, p. 67), and other curious matter appended to St. John. The heading of the second Gospel is e?a??????? ?? t?? ?at? ??????.

212. Ven. Mark 540 [xi or xii], 6-7/8 5, ff. 273 (23), the first page in gold, with _pict._ and most elaborate illuminations. Much _mut._, twenty leaves being supplied in a modern hand. _Carp._, _Eus. t._, ?ef., _vers._, t?t?., _lect._, _Am._ with _Eus._ in a line with them (_see_ Cod. 112), a little later, carried only to the end of St. Mark.

213. Ven. Mark 542 [xi], 8vo, 8-1/8 6-, ff. 356 (18), _mut._ John xviii. 40-xxi. 25. _Eus. t._, t?t?., ?ef. (_Am._, _Eus._ most irregularly inserted), few ???a? and t???, ??a??., heroic verses as colophons to the Gospels. Large full stops are found in impossible places.

214. Ven. Mark 543 [xiv], 8vo, 9- 6-, ff. 227 (27), _chart._, _argent._, _prol._, ?ef. _t._ with _harm._, ?ef., _Am._ (not _Eus._), ??a??., _lect._, _syn._, _men._, _subscr._, _vers._

215. Ven. Mark 544 [xi], fol., 12- 9-, ff. 271 (24), _Carp._, _Eus.

t._, ?ef. _t._ with _harm._, t?t?., ?ef., _Am._, _Eus._, _lect._, _syn._, _pict._ (later). This copy is a duplicate of Codd. 20, 300, as well in its text as in the subscriptions and commentary, being without any of the later corrections seen in Cod. 20. The commentary on St. John is Chrysostom's, those on the other Gospels the same as in Cod. 300 (Burgon).

216. Codex Canonici, brought by him from Corcyra, written in a small character [no date assigned], never was at St. Mark's, as Scholz alleges: Griesbach inserted it in his list through a misunderstanding of Birch's meaning. It is probably one of those now at Oxford, to be described hereafter (_see_ Codd. 489, 490).

217. Ven. Mark, Gr. i. 3, given in 1478 by Peter de Montagnana to the monastery of St. John in Viridario, at Padua (viii. A.) [xii or xiii], 8-1/8 6-1/8, ff. 306 (21), in fine condition. _Carp._, _Eus. t._, ?ef.

_t._, t?t?., ?ef., _Am._ (not _Eus._), full _syn._, few _lect._, _prol._, _vers._ Codd. 218-225 are in the Imperial Library at Vienna. Alter and Birch collated them about the same time, the latter but cursorily, and Gregory examined them in 1887.

*218. (Act. 65, Paul. 57, Apoc. 33.) Vindobon. Caesar, Nessel. 23, formerly 1 [xiii], fol., 12- 8-, ff. 623 (49, 50), 2 cols., ?ef. _t._, ?ef., t?t?., _Am._, _subscr._, _Euthal._ in Acts, Cath., Paul., contains both Testaments. _Mut._ Apoc. xiii. 5-xiv. 8; xv. 7-xvii. 2; xviii.

10-xix. 15; ending at xx. 7 ????seta?. This important copy, containing many peculiar readings, was described by Treschow, and comprises the text of Alter's inconvenient, though fairly accurate N. T. 1786-7, to be described in Vol. II. Like Cod. 123 it was brought from Constantinople by De Busbeck.

219. Vind. Caes. Ness. 321, formerly 32 [xiii], 6- 4-, ff. 232 (21), ?ef. _t._, ?ef., t?t?., _Am._, _Eus._, _subscr._

220. Vind. Caes. Ness. 337, formerly 33 [xiv], 12mo, 3-7/8 2-5/8, ff.

303 (22), in very small letters, ?ef., t?t?., _Am._, _lect._, _syn._

221. Vind. Caes. Ness. 117, formerly 38 [x or xi], 11 7-5/8, ff. 251 (41-43), with commentaries (Chrysostom on Matt., John; Victor on Mark, Titus of Bostra on Luke), to which the _fragments_ of text here given are accommodated.

222. Vind. Caes. Ness. 180, formerly 39 [xiv], 8- 6, ff. 346 (32), on cotton paper, _mut._ Contains _fragments_ of the Gospels, with a commentary (Victor's on St. Mark). This and the last were brought from Constantinople by De Busbeck.

223. Vind. Caes. 301, formerly 40 [xiv, Greg. x], 7 5-, ff. 115 (32), contains fragments of SS. Matthew, Luke, and John, with a catena. Codd.

221-3 must be cited cautiously: Alter appears to have made no systematic use of them.

224. Vind. Caes. Suppl. Gr. 97, formerly Kollar. 8 [xii], 5- 4-5/8, ff.

97 (19), ?ef. _t._, ?ef., t?t?., _Am._, _lect._, _syn._, _men._, _subscr._, only contains St. Matthew. This copy came from Naples.

225. Vind. Caes. Suppl. Gr. 102, formerly Kollar. 9 [dated ??? or A.D.

1192], 5-3/8 3-7/8, ff. 171 (29), _pict._, _lect._, ??a??., _syn._, _men._

Codd. 226-233 are in the Escurial, described by D. G. Moldenhawer, who collated them about 1783, loosely enough, for Birch's edition. In 1870 the Librarian, Jose Fernandez Montana (in order to correct Haenel's errors) sent to Mr. Wm. Kelly, who obligingly communicated it to me, a complete catalogue of the four copies of the Greek Bible, and of nineteen of the New Testament "neither more or less," then at the Escurial, with their present class-marks. I do not recognize, either in his list or in that subjoined, the "Codex Aureus containing the Four Gospels in letters of gold, a work of the early part of the eleventh century," spoken of in the _Globe_ newspaper of Oct. 3, 1872, on occasion of the fire at the Escurial on Oct. 2, which however did not touch the manuscripts. Perhaps that Codex is in Latin, unless it be Evst. 40. _See_ also Emmanuel Miller, Cat. des MSS. Gr. de la Bibl. de l'Escurial, Paris, A.D. 1848.

226. (Act. 108, Paul. 228.) Cod. Escurialensis ?. iv. 17 [xi], 8vo, ff. ?, on the finest vellum, richly ornamented, in a small, round, very neat hand. _Eus. t._, ?ef. _t._, _lect._, _pict._, t?t?., ?ef., _Am._, _Eus._ Many corrections were made by a later hand, but the original text is valuable, and the readings sometimes unique. Fairly collated.

227. Escurial. ?. iii. 15 [xiii], 4to, ff. 158, _prol._, ?ef. _t._, _Am._, _pict._ A later hand, which dates from 1308, has been very busy in making corrections.

228. (Act. 109, Paul. 229.) Escurial. ?. iv. 12 [xiv, Montana xvi], 8vo, ff. ?, _chart._ Once belonged to Nicolas Nathanael of Crete, then to Andreas Damarius of Epidaurus, a calligrapher. _Eus. t._, _syn._(247)

229. Escurial. ?. iv. 21 [dated 1140], 8vo, ff. 296, written by Basil Argyropolus, a notary. _Mut._ Mark xvi. 15-20; John i. 1-11. _Pict._, _lect._; the latter by a hand of about the fourteenth century, which retraced much of the discoloured ink, and corrected in the margin (since mutilated by the binder) very many important readings of the first hand, which often resemble those of ADK. i. 72. This copy must be mislaid, as it is not in Montana's list.