However grievously the great mass of cursive manuscripts of the New Testament has been neglected by Biblical critics, the Lectionaries of the Greek Church, partly for causes previously stated, have received even less attention at their hands. Yet no sound reason can be alleged for regarding the testimony of these Service-books as of slighter value than that of other witnesses of the same date and character. The necessary changes interpolated in the text at the commencement and sometimes at the end of lessons are so simple and obvious that the least experienced student can make allowance for them282: and if the same passage is often given in a different form when repeated in the same Lectionary, although the fact ought to be recorded and borne in mind, this occasional inconsistency must no more militate against the reception of the general evidence of the copy that exhibits it, than it excludes from our roll of critical authorities the works of Origen and other Fathers, in which the selfsame variation is even more the rule than the exception. Dividing, therefore, the Lectionaries that have been hitherto catalogued (which form indeed but a small portion of those known to exist in Eastern monasteries and Western libraries) into Evangelistaria, or Evangeliaria, containing extracts from the Gospels, and Praxapostoli or Apostoli comprising extracts from the Acts and Epistles; we purpose to mark with an asterisk the few that have been really collated, including them in the same list with the majority which have been examined superficially, or not at all. Uncial copies (some as late as the eleventh [pg 328] century) will be distinguished by [+]. The uncial codices of the Gospels amount to one hundred and six, those of the Acts and Epistles only to seven or eight, but probably to more in either case, since all is not known about some of the Codd. recorded here. Lectionaries are usually (yet see below, Evst. 111, 142, 178, 244, 249, 255, 256, 262, 266, 268, 275, Apost. 52, 69) written with two columns on a page, like the Codex Alexandrinus, FGI (1-6, 7) LMNbPQRTUXΘdΛ, 8, 184, 207, 360, 418, 422, 463, 509 of the Gospels, and Cod. M of St. Paul's Epistles.
[+]1. Par. Nat. Gr. 278 [x ? Omont xiv], 11-7/8 × 9-½, Unc., ff. 265, 2 cols., mut. (Wetstein, Scholz).
[+]2. Par. Nat. Gr. 280 [ix, Greg. x], 11-¼ × 8-½, Unc., ff. 257 (18), 2 cols., mus., mut. (Wetstein, Scholz).
[+]3. Oxf. Lincoln Coll. Gr. ii. 15 [x, Greg. xi], 11-¼ × 9, Unc., ff. 282 (19), mus. rubr., men., with coloured and gilt illuminations and capitals, and red crosses for stops: three leaves are lost near the end (Mill).
4. Cambr. Univ. Libr. Dd. 8. 49, or Moore 2 [xi], 10-¾ × 8-½, ff. 199 (24), 2 cols., mus. rubr. (Mill).
[+]5. Oxf. Bodl. Barocc. 202 [x], 12 × 9, Unc., ff. 150 (19), 2 cols., mus. rubr., ends at Matt. xxiii. 4, being the middle of the Lesson for Tuesday in Holy Week (Burgon). Mut. initio (Mill, Wetstein). This is Bentley's α in Trin. Coll. B. xvii. 5 marg. (see Evan. 51).
*[+]6. (Apost. 1.) Leyden, Univ. Scaliger's 243 [xi ?], 7-5/8 × 5-¼, Unc., ff. 278 (18), 2 cols., chart., with an Arabic version, contains the Praxapostolos, Psalms, and but a few Lessons from the Gospels (Wetstein, Dermout).
7. Par. Nat. Gr. 301 [written by George, a priest, a.d. 1205], 12 × 9-1/8, ff. 316 (23), 2 cols. (Evst. 7-12, 14-17, were slightly collated by Wetstein, Scholz.)
8. Par. Nat. Gr. 312 [xiv], 13-½ × 11, ff. 309 (29), 2 cols., written by Cosmas, a monk.
9. Par. Nat. Gr. 307 [xiii], 11-¾ × 9-½, ff. 260 (24), 2 cols., mus.
10. Par. Nat. Gr. 287 [xi, Greg. xiii], 12-5/8 × 9-5/8, ff. 142 (23), 2 cols., mut.
11. Par. Nat. Gr. 309 [xiii], 11-¾ × 9, ff. 142, 2 cols., mus., mut.
12. Par. Nat. Gr. 310 [xiii], 12 × 9, ff. 366 (24), 2 cols., mus., mut.
[+]13. Par. Nat. Coisl. Gr. 31 [x, Greg. xi], 14-½ × 10-¼, Unc., ff. 283 (18), 2 cols., mus. aur., pict., most beautifully written, the first seven pages in gold, the next fifteen in vermilion, the rest in black ink, described by Montfaucon (Scholz). Wetstein's 13 (Colbert. 1241 or Reg. 1982) contains no Evangelistarium.
14. Par. Nat. Gr. 315 [xv, Greg. xvi], 10-5/8 × 7-½, ff. 348 (22), 2 cols., chart. Wrongly set down as Evan. 322.
15. Par. Nat. Gr. 302 [xiii], 10 × 7-½, ff. 310 (22), 2 cols., mut.
[pg 329]16. Par. Nat. Gr. 297 [xii], 10-5/8 × 8-½, ff. 199 (19), 2 cols., much mut.
[+]17. Par. Nat. Gr. 279 [xii, Greg. ix], 10-¼ × 7-3/8, Unc., ff. 199 (19), 2 cols., mut. (Tischendorf seems to have confounded 13 and 17 in his N. T., Proleg. p. ccxvi, 7th edition.)
18. Oxf. Bodl. Laud. Gr. 32 [xii], 11-½ × 9-½, ff. 276 (22), 2 cols., much mut., beginning John iv. 53. Codd. 18-22 were partially examined by Griesbach after Mill.
19. Oxf. Bodl. Misc. Gr. 10 [xiii], 12-¼ × 8-¾, ff. 332 (24), 2 cols., mus. rubr., mut., given in 1661 by Parthenius, Patriarch of Constantinople, to Heneage Finch, Earl of Winchelsea, our Ambassador there. This and Cod. 18 are said by Mill to be much like Stephen's ϛ', Evan. 7.
20. Oxf. Bodl. Laud. Gr. 34 [written by Onesimus, April, 1047, Indiction 15], 11-½ × 9-½, ff. 177 (22), 2 cols., orn., mus. rubr., mut.283
21. Oxf. Bodl. Seld. B. 56 [xiv], 9-½ × 7-¼, ff. 59 (28), 2 cols., a fragment containing Lessons in Lent till Easter, coarsely written.
22. Oxf. Bodl. Seld. B. 54 [xiv], 10-¼ × 8, ff. 63 (25), 2 cols., men., a fragment, with Patristic homilies [xi].
[+]23. Unc., Mead's, then Askew's, then D'Eon's, by whom it was sent to France. Wetstein merely saw it. Not now known.
[+]24. Munich, Reg. Gr. 383 [x], 12-½ × 9-½ ff. 265 (21), 2 cols., Unc., men., the Lessons for Saturdays and Sundays (σαββατοκυριακαί: see Evst. 110, 157, 186, 221, 227, 283, 289), mut. (Bengel, Scholz). Is this Cod. Radzivil, with slightly sloping uncials [viii], of which Silvestre gives a facsimile (Paléogr. Univ., ii. 61) ?
25. Lond. Brit. Mus. Harl. 5650 [xii], 9-¼ × 6, ff. 267 (22), a palimpsest, whose later writing is by Nicephorus the reader. The older writing, now illegible, was partly uncial, mut.
25b represents a few Lessons in the same codex by a later, yet contemporary hand (Bloomfield).
Evst. 25-30 were very partially collated by Griesbach.
[+]26. (Apost. 28.) Oxf. Bodl. Seld. supra (1) 2 [xiii], 8 × 5-¾, ff. 180, mut., a palimpsest, but the earlier uncial writing is illegible, and the codex in a wretched state, the work of several hands.
[+]27. Oxf. Bodl. 3391, Seld. supra (2) 3, a palimpsest [ix uncial, xiv later writing], 9 × 6-¾, ff. 150 (89-95 cursive), 2 cols., mut., in large ill-formed characters.
Evst. 26, 27 were collated by Mangey, 1749, but his papers appear to be lost.
28. Oxf. Bodl. Misc. Gr. 11 [xiii], 9-¾ × 7-½, ff. 203 (21), 2 cols., orn., mut. at end and on June 14, in two careless hands.
[pg 330]29. Oxf. Bodl. Misc. Gr. 12 [xii or xiii], 10 × 8, ff. 156 (23), 2 cols., mus., mut. Elegantly written, but much worn.
30. (Apost. 265.) Oxf. Bodl. Cromw. 11 [the whole written in 1225 by Michael, a χωρικὸς καλλιγράφος], 8 × 6, ff. 208. After Liturgies of Chrys., Basil, Praesanctified, εὐαγγέλια ἀναστάσιμα, Evst. (p. 290) and Apost. (p. 149), i.e. lections from Epistles and Gospels for great feasts.
31. Norimberg. [xii], 4to, ff. 281 (Doederlein). Its readings are stated by Michaelis to resemble those of Codd. D (e.g. Luke xxii. 4), L, 1, 69.
*32. Gotha, Ducal Libr. MS. 78 [xii, Greg. xi], 13-½ × 9-7/8, ff. 273 (20), 2 cols., carelessly written, but with important readings: see Luke xxii. 17, &c., Vol. II. Chap. XII. Edited by Matthaei, 1791.
[+]33. Card. Alex. Albani [xi], 4to, Unc., a menology edited by Steph. Ant. Morcelli, Rome, 1788.
[+]34. Munich, Reg. Gr. 329 [x, Greg. ix], 11 × 8, 3 vols., ff. 430 (18), 2 cols., Unc., in massive uncials, from Mannheim, the last three out of four volumes, the menology suiting the custom of a monastery on Athos (Rink, Scholz). Burgon refers to Hardt's Catalogue, iii. 314 seq.
Evst. 35-39 were inspected or collated by Birch, 40-43 by Moldenhawer.
[+]35. Rom. Vat. Gr. 351 [x], 13-¼ × 9-7/8, ff. 151 (11), Unc., contains only the Lessons for holidays.
*[+]36. Rom. Vat. Gr. 1067 [ix], 13-3/8 × 10, ff. 368 (21), 2 cols., Unc., a valuable copy, completely collated.
37. (Apost. 7.) Rom. Propaganda, Borgian. L. xvi. 6 [xi, Greg. xii], 10-¾ × 8 ½, ff. 160 (24), 2 cols., contains only thirteen Lessons from the Gospels.
For the next two see 117, 118. Hort's 38 = xscr, 39 = yscr. (See Hort, pp. 77 note, and 296-7.) Instead—
38. Lond. Brit. Mus. 25,881 [xv, Greg. xiv], ff. 4 at end (24), 2 cols., Matt. xviii. 12-18; iv. 25-v. 30; xviii. 18-20. (Greg. 328a.)
39. Lond. Brit. Mus. 34,059 [xii], 10 × 8-¼, ff. 238 (21), 2 cols., ends with ἀναγνώσματα and τὰ διάφορα. Bought of A. Carlenizza of Pola, in 1891.
[+]40. Escurial I [x], 4to, Unc., mus., kept with the reliques there as an autograph of St. Chrysostom. It was given by Queen Maria of Hungary (who obtained it from Jo. Diassorin) to Philip II. Moldenhawer collated fifteen Lessons. The text is of the common type, but in the oblong shape of the letters, false breathings and accents, the red musical notes, &c., it resembles Evst. 1, though its date is somewhat lower. Omitted by Montana.
[+]41. Escurial χ. iii. 12 [x, or xi with Montana], 4to, ff. 204, Unc., mus., very elegant: the menology (as also that of Evst. 43) suited to the use of a Byzantine Church.
[+]42. Escurial χ. iii. 13 [ix, or xi with Montana], 4to, ff. 227, Unc., mut. at the beginning. Two hands appear, the earlier leaning a little to the right.
[pg 331]43. Escurial χ. iii. 16 [xi, or xii with Montana], 4to, mut. at the beginning, in large cursive letters; with full men.
44. (Apost. 8.) Havniens. Reg. 1324 [xv, Greg. xii], 10-½ × 7-½, ff. 195, 2 cols., mut., and much in a still later hand. Its history resembles that of Evann. 234-5 (Hensler).
[+]45. Vindobon. Caesar. Jurid. 5 [x], 11-5/8 × 7-7/8, Unc., 2 cols., six leaves from the binding of a law-book: the letters resemble the Tübingen fragment, Griesbach's R (see p. 139) or Wetstein's 98 (Alter).
[+]46. Vind. Caesar. Suppl. Gr. 12 [ix], 6-½ × 5-½, ff. 182 (9), Unc., on purple vellum with gold and silver letters. There is a Latin version (Bianchini, Treschow, Alter). Silvestre has a facsimile, Paléogr. Univ., No. 69.
*[+]47. Moscow, S. Synod. 43 [viii], fol., ff. 246, 2 cols., “a barbaro scriptus est, sed ex praestantissimo exemplari,” Matthaei (B), whose codices extend down to 57.
*48. Mosc. Syn. 44 (Mt. c) [by Peter, a monk, a.d. 1056], fol., ff. 250, 2 cols., from the Iberian monastery at Athos. In 1312 it belonged to Nicephorus, Metropolitan of Crete.
*49. Mosc. Typograph. Syn. 11 (Mt. f) [x and xi], fol., ff. 437, 2 cols., pict. Superior in text to Cod. 48, but much in a later hand.
*[+]50. Mosc. Typ. Syn. 12 (Mt. H) [viii ?], fol., ff. 231, Unc. A very valuable copy, whose date Matthaei seems to have placed unreasonably high. [Greg. xiv.] `
*51. Mosc. Typ. Syn. 9 (Mt. t) [xvi], 4to, ff. 42, chart.
*52. (Apost. 16.) Mosc. Syn. 266 (Mt. ξ) [xiv], 4to, ff. 229, contains a Euchology and ἀποστολοευαγγέλια, as also do 53, 54, 55.
*53. (Apost. 17.) Mosc. Syn. 267 (Mt. χ) [xiv or xv], 4to, ff. 333, chart., from the monastery of Simenus on Athos.
*54. (Apost. 18.) Mosc. Syn. 268 (Mt. ψ) [written a.d. 1470, by Dometius, a monk], 4to, ff. 344, chart., from the Vatopedion monastery on Athos.
*55. (Apost. 19.) Mosc. Typ. Syn. 47 (Mt. ω) [the Apost. copied at Venice, 1602], 4to, ff. 586, chart., wretchedly written.
*56. (Apost. 20.) Mosc. Typ. Syn. 9 (Mt. 16) [xv or xvi], 16mo, ff. 42, chart., fragments of little value.
*57. Dresdensis Reg. A. 151 (Mt. 19) [xv], 8-½ × 6-1/8, ff. 408 (20), chart., came from Italy, and, like Apoc. 32, once belonged to Loescher, then to the Count de Brühl. It is a Euchology, or Greek Service Book (Suicer, Thesaur. Ecclesiast., i. p. 1287), described in Matthaei, Appendix to St. John's Gospel, p. 378.
Evst. 58-157 were added to the list by Scholz, who professes to have collated entire 60; in the greater part 81, 86.
58. Par. Nat. Suppl. Gr. 50 [xv], 11 × 8-¼, ff. 49 (11), chart., brought from some church in Greece.
[pg 332]59. Instead of what was really Evan. 289—
Lond. Egerton 2163 [xii-xiii], 12-1/8 × 8, ff. 207 (26, 25), handsome, titles in gold, initials in gold and colours, mus. rubr., pict., mut. (Greg. 339.)
*60. (Apost. 12.) Par. Nat. Gr. 375, once Colbert's, formerly De Thou's [a.d. 1022], 9-¼ × 6-¾, ff. 195 (28); it contains many valuable readings (akin to those of Codd. ADE), but numerous errors. Written by Helias, a priest and monk, “in castro de Colonia,” for the use of the French monastery of St. Denys.
[+]61. (Evan. 747.) Par. Nat. Gr. 182 [x], 4to, a fragment.
62. Instead of what was really Evan. 303—
Lond. Brit. Mus. Add. 29,713 [late xi, Greg. xiv], 13 × 10, ff. 296 (25), very handsome, illuminated head-pieces and initial letters, some in gold. (Greg. 332.)
[+]63. Par. Nat. Gr. 277 [ix], 11-¼ × 8-¼, ff. 158 (22), 2 cols., Unc., mut. at the beginning and end.
[+]64. Par. Nat. Gr. 281 [ix], 10-7/9 × 8, ff. 210 (22), 2 cols., Unc., from Constantinople; many leaves are torn.
[+]65. Par. Nat. Gr. 282 [ix], 11-¾ × 9-¼, ff. 213 (20), 2 cols., Unc., a palimpsest, with a Church-service in later writing [xiii].
[+]66. Par. Nat. Gr. 283 [ix], 11-¼ × 8-¼, ff. 275 (19), 2 cols., Unc., also a palimpsest, with the older writing of course misplaced; the later (mut. in fine) a Church-service [xiii].
[+]67. Par. Nat. Gr. 284 [xi, Greg. xii], 11-½ × 9-1/8, ff. 270 (18), 2 cols., Unc., mus., pict., “optimae notae.”
68. Par. Nat. Gr. 285, once Colbert's [xi, Greg. xii], 12-¾ × 9-3/8, ff. 357 (23), 2 cols., mut., initio et fine.
69. Par. Nat. Gr. 286 [xi, Greg. xii], 12 × 9-1/8, ff. 257 (25), 2 cols., mut., in fine.
70. Par. Nat. Gr. 288 [xi, Greg. xii], 13-½ × 10-½, ff. 313 (25), 2 cols., brought from the East in 1669. A few leaves at the beginning and end later, chart.
71. Par. Nat. Gr. 289, once Colbert's [July, a.d. 1066], 12-3/8 × 8-7/8, ff. 159 (26), 2 cols., mut. Written by John, a priest, for George, a monk, partly on vellum, partly on cotton paper.
72. Par. Nat. Gr. 290 [a.d. 1257], 9-7/8 × 7-5/8, ff. 190, 2 cols. Written by Nicolas. To this codex is appended—
[+]72b, three uncial leaves [ix], mus., containing John v. 1-11; vi. 61-69; vii. 1-15.
73. Par. Nat. Gr. 291 [xii], 10-¾ × 8-3/8, ff. 34 (25), 2 cols., mus., mut.
74. Par. Nat. Gr. 292, once Mazarin's [xii], 9-5/8 × 8, ff. 274 (18), 2 cols.
75. Par. Nat. Gr. 293, from the East [xii], 11 × 8-7/8, ff. 250 (29), 2 cols.
[pg 333]76. Par. Nat. Gr. 295, once Colbert's [xii], 12-7/8 × 9-1/8, ff. 182 (28), 2 cols., mus., mut.
77. Par. Nat. Gr. 296 [xii], 10-7/8 × 8-½, ff. 258 (20), 2 cols., from Constantinople.
78. Par. Nat. Gr. 298, once Colbert's [xii], 10 × 7-½, ff. 95 (28), 2 cols., mus., mut. Some hiatus are supplied later on cotton paper.
79. Par. Nat. Gr. 299 [xii, Greg. xiv], 12-½ × 9-7/8, ff. 120 (26), 2 cols., mut. initio et fine.
80. Par. Nat. Gr. 300 [xii], 10-½ × 8-¼, ff. 128, 2 cols.
81. Par. Nat. Gr. 305 [xiii, Greg. xiv], 11-5/8 × 9-¼, ff. 197 (22), 2 cols., mut., perhaps written in Egypt. Some passages supplied [xv] on cotton paper.
82. (Apost. 31.) Par. Nat. Gr. 276 [xv, Greg. xiv], 9-¾ × 6-½, ff. 150 (27), mut., chart., with Lessons from the Prophets.
83. (Apost. 21.) Par. Nat. Gr. 294 [xi, Greg. xii], 11 × 8-½, ff. 245 (26), 2 cols.
84. (Apost. 9.) Par. Nat. Suppl. Gr. 32 a [xii, Greg. xiii], 12-5/8 × 8-5/8, ff. 212 (66), 2 cols., and
85. (Apost. 10.) Par. Nat. Suppl. Gr. 33 [xii], 11-5/8 × 8-7/8, ff. 248, 2 cols., have Lessons from the Old and New Testament.
86. Par. Nat. Gr. 311 [July, 1336, Indict. 4], 13-3/8 × 10, ff. 382 (20), 2 cols. Written by Charito, given by the monk Ignatius to the monastery τῶν ὁδηγῶν or Θεοτόκου at Constantinople (see Act. 169): afterwards it was Boistaller's, and is described by Montfaucon. John vii. 53-viii. 11 is at the end, obelized, and not appointed for any day, since the names of Pelagia or Theodora are not in the menology of this copy.
87. Par. Nat. Gr. 313 [xiv], 10 × 7-¾, ff. 121, 2 cols., once Colbert's (as were 88-91; 99-101).
88. Par. Nat. Gr. 314 [xiv], 12-¾ × 7-1/8, ff. 190, 2 cols. Many verses are omitted, and the arrangement of the Lessons is a little unusual.
89. Par. Nat. Gr. 316 [xiv], 10-1/8 × 6-¾, ff. 208 (25), on cotton paper, mut. in fine.
90. Par. Nat. Gr. 317 [a.d. 1533, Indict. 6], 11-5/8 × 7-7/8, ff. 223 (25), 2 cols., mus. rubr., chart. Written by Stephen, a reader.
91. Par. Nat. Gr. 318 [xi, Greg. xiv], 10-½ × 7-¾, ff. 322, 2 cols., a subscription, &c., written in Cyprus by the monk Leontius, 1553 (Montfauc., Palaeogr. Graec., p. 89).
92. (Apost. 35.) Par. Nat. Gr. 324 [xiii, Greg. xiv], 8-5/8 × 5-¾, ff. 212 (21), on cotton paper, with fragments of the Liturgies of SS. Basil, Chrysostom, and the Praesanctified.
93. (Apost. 36.) Par. Nat. Gr. 326 [xiv, Greg. xvi], 8-1/8 × 5-3/8, ff. 144, chart., with the Liturgies of SS. Chrysostom and Basil.
94. (Apost. 29.) Par. Nat. Gr. 330 [xiii, Greg. xii], 7-1/8 × 5-3/8, ff. 176, [pg 334] mut., with a Euchology and part of a Church-service in a later hand [xv].
95. Par. Nat. Gr. 374 [xiv], 9-¼ × 7, ff. 114 (32), 2 cols., from Constantinople.
96. (Apost. 262.) Par. Nat. Suppl. Gr. 115 [xii, Greg. xvi], 8-½ × 5-¾, ff. 171 (25), chart., mut., initio et fine.
97. (Evan. 324, Apost. 32.) Par. Nat. Gr. 376, only the εὐαγγέλια τῶν πάθων (see Evan. 324).
98. Par. Nat. Gr. 377 [xiii, Greg. xv], 9 × 6-7/8, ff. 196 (21). Once Mazarin's; portions are palimpsest, and the older writing seems to belong to an Evangelistarium.
99. Par. Nat. Gr. 380 [xv, Greg. xvi], 8-¼ × 5-7/8, ff. 243 (22), chart. Wrongly set down as Evan. 327.
100. Par. Nat. Gr. 381 [a.d. 1550], 8-¼ × 5-7/8, ff. 306 (20), chart. Written at Iconium by Michael Maurice. Wrongly set down as Evan. 328.
101. Par. Nat. Gr. 303 [xiii, Greg. xiv], 11-1/8 × 7-¾, ff. 279 (25), 2 cols., grandly written. Wrongly set down as Evan. 321.
102. Milan, Ambros. S. 62 sup. [Sept. a.d. 1370], 11 × 8-½, ff. 120 (35), chart. Written by Stephen, a priest (but with two leaves of parchment at the beginning, two at the end), bought at Taranto, 1606, with “commentarii incerti auctoris in omnia Evangelia quae per annum in Ecclesia Graeca leguntur,” according to Burgon.
103. Milan, Ambr. D. 67 sup. [xiii], 11-5/8 × 8, ff. 138 (31), 2 cols., pict.; bought 1606, “Corneliani in Salentinis.” See Apost. 46.
104. (Apost. 47.) Milan, Ambr. D. 72 sup. [xii], 11-½ × 8-¾, ff. 128 (23), 2 cols., mut. initio et fine: brought from Calabria, 1607.
105. Milan, Ambr. M. 81 sup. [xiii], 10 × 7-1/8, ff. 157 (20), 2 cols., carefully written, but the first 19 leaves [xvi] chart.
106. Milan, Ambr. C. 91 sup. [xiii], 11-¾ × 9-1/8, ff. 355 (20), 2 cols., mut., splendidly written in a large cursive hand. “Corcyrae emptus.”
107. Venice, St. Mark 548 [xi, Greg. xii], 12 × 9-1/8, ff. 265 (20), 2 cols., pict.
108. Ven. St. Mark 549 [xi], 12-3/8 × 9-½, ff. 292 (23), 2 cols., mus. rubr., a grand and gorgeous fol., mut. in fine.
109. Ven. St. Mark 550 [xi, Greg. xiv], 11-1/8 × 8, ff. 206 (28), 2 cols., mut. (Burgon), pict., chart.
110. Ven. St. Mark 551 [xi, Greg. xiii], 13-¾ × 10-¼, ff. 278 (22), 2 cols., mut., a glorious codex, containing only the σαββατοκυριακαί (see Evst. 24): the last few leaves are ancient, although supplied on paper.
[+]111. Modena, Este ii. C. 6 [x], 9-¾ × 6-¼, ff. ?, Unc., mus. rubr., small thick folio in one column on a page. Montfaucon assigns it to the eighth century, and Burgon admits that he might have done so too, but that it contains in the menology (Dec. 16) the name of Queen Theophano, who died a.d. 892.
[pg 335]112. (Apost. 41.) Flor. Laurent. Conv. Soppr. 24 [xi], 7-3/8 × 5-3/8, ff. 145 (22), mut. initio.
113. Flor. Laur. vi. 2 [ff. 1-213, xii; the rest written by one George, xiv], 14-½ × 11-5/8, ff. 341 (19), 2 cols. Prefixed are verses of Arsenius, Archbishop of Monembasia (see Evan. 333), addressed to Clement VII (1523-34).
114. Flor. Laur. vi. 7 [xii, Greg. xiv], 13-3/8 × 10-¼, ff. 180 (18), 2 cols., magnificently illuminated.
[+]115. Flor. Laur. vi. 21 [xi, Greg. x], 9-½ × 7-¾, ff. 261 (20), 2 cols., Unc., mus. rubr., elegantly written.
[+]116. Flor. Laur. vi. 31 [x], 12 × 9, ff. 226 (20), 2 cols., Unc., mus. rubr., elegant.
117. Flor. Laur. 244 [xii], 13-1/8 × 10-¾, ff. 119 (10), 2 cols., most beautifully written in golden cursive letters, pict., once kept among the choicest κειμήλια of the Grand Ducal Palace. See above, Evst. 38, 39.
[+]118. Flor. Laur. 243, kept in a chest for special preservation [xi, Greg. xiv], 15 × 11-¼, ff. 368 (20), 2 cols., most elegant. Evst. 113-18 were described by Canon Angelo Bandini, 1787.
119. Rom. Vat. Gr. 1155 [xiii], 13-¾ × 10-5/8, ff. 268 (25), 2 cols.
120. Rom. Vat. Gr. 1256 [xiii], 14 × 10-¾, ff. 344 (20), 2 cols.
121. Rom. Vat. Gr. 1156 [xiii, Greg. xi], 14-3/8 × 10, ff. 419 (22), very splendid.
122. Rom. Vat. Gr. 1168 [August, 1175], 10-½ × 7-3/8, ff. 194 (24), 2 cols., mus. rubr., written by the monk Germanus for the monk Theodoret.
[+]123. Rom. Vat. Gr. 1522 [x], 11-1/8 × 8-¾, ff. 197 (11), 2 cols., Unc., vers., pict., very correctly written, without points.
124. Rom. Vat. Gr. 1988 [xii], 7-¾ × 5-7/8, ff. 162 (24), 2 cols., mut. initio et fine.
125. Rom. Vat. Gr. 2017 [xi or xii], 8-5/8 × 6-½, ff. 123 (23), 2 cols., mut., with a subscription dated 1346, and a memorandum of the death (Oct. 12, 1345) and burial of one Constantia.
126. Rom. Vat. Gr. 2041 [xii], 12-1/8 × 8-7/8, ff. 337 (23), 2 cols., written by one George; διὰ συνδρομῆς γεωργίου, whatever συνδρομή may mean.
[+]127. Rom. Vat. Gr. 2063 [ix], 10-5/8 × 7-¼, ff. 178 (20), 2 cols., mus. rubr., Unc., mut. initio et fine. The first two leaves of the Festival Lessons [xiv]. Two not contemporaneous hands have been engaged upon this copy.
128. Rom. Vat. Gr. 2133 [xiv], 11-½ × 8-7/8, ff. 393 (13).
129. Rom. Vat. Regin. Gr. 12 [xiii, Greg. xii], 10-¼ × 8-½, ff. 339 (24), 2 cols. Ff. 1-40 appear to have been written in France, and have an unusual text: ff. 41-220 [xiii] are by another hand: the other 71 leaves to the end [xv].
[+]130. Rom. Vat. Ottob. 2 [ix], 13-1/8 × 9-5/8, ff. 343 (20), 2 vols., 2 cols., Unc., very beautiful.
[pg 336]131. Rom. Vat. Ottob. 175 [xiv], 9-½ × 7-1/8, ff. 70 (12), a fragment.
132. Rom. Vat. Ottob. 326 [xv, Greg. xiv], 6-3/8 × 5-¼, ff. ?, in silver letters. Procured at Rome, Sept. 11, 1590, “a Francisco et Accida” of Messina, and given to Cardinal Sirlet (see Evan. 373, Apoc. 79).
133. (Apost. 39.) Rom. Vat. Ottob. 416 [xiv], 8-½ × 5-¼, ff. 296 (29), 1 and 2 cols., chart.
134. Rom. Barberin. vi. 4 [xiii], 13-¼ × 11-¼, ff. 343 (21), 2 cols., the first eight and last three leaves being paper.
[+]135. Rom. Barb. iv. 54, a palimpsest [vi Scholz, Greg. viii], 9-7/8 × 7, ff. 165 (23), is Tischendorf's barbev, and by him referred to the middle of the seventh century, which is a somewhat earlier date than has hitherto been assigned to Lectionaries. He has given specimens of its readings in “Monum. sacr. ined.,” vol. i. pp. 207-210 (Matt. xxiv. 34-xxv. 16; John xix. 11-25).
136. Rom. Barb. iv. 54 [xii], the later writing of the palimpsest Evst. 135.
137. Rom. Vallicell. D. 63, once Peter Polidore's [xii], 9-¼ × 7-¼, ff. 105 (20), 2 cols., mut. initio.
138. Naples, I. B. 14 [xv], 10-½ × 8-1/8, ff. 255 (22), 2 cols., chart., given by Christopher Palaeologus, May 7, 1584, to the Church of SS. Peter and Paul at Naples.
[+]139. Venice, St. Mark 12 [x], 12-½ × 9-½, ff. 219 (17), 2 cols., mut. initio, with many erasures.
140. Instead of one which has no existence—
(Apost. 242.) Cairo, Patriarch. Alex. 18 [xv], 4to, chart., Συναγωγὴ λέξεων ἐκ παλαιᾶς καὶ νέας (Coxe). (Greg. 759.)
141. Ven. St. Mark i. 9 [xi], 11-¾ × 9-¾, ff. 268 (15), 2 cols., “Monasterii Divae Catharinae Sinaitarum quod extat Zacynthi.”
142. Ven. St. Mark i. 23 [xiv], 6-½ × 4-¾, ff. 45 (15), mut., only 45 pages, with one column on a page.
143. Instead of Evan. 468—
Jerusalem, Holy Sepulchre 12 [xi end], fol. (Coxe). (Greg. 158.)
[+]144. Biblio. Malatestianae of Cesena xxvii. 4, now at Rome [xii], fol., mus. rubr., Unc., very splendid.
145. Bibl. Cesen. Malatest. xxix. 2 [xii], fol.
146. Cambr. Univ. Libr. Dd. viii. 23 [xi], 15-½ × 11-½, ff. 212 (29), 2 cols., syn., men., mut. at end, neatly written for a church at Constantinople.
Evst. 147, 148 are in Latin, and 149 is Evan. 567. Instead—
147. St. Saba 17 [xii], 4to (Coxe). (Greg. 165.)
148. St. Saba 23 [xii], fol. (Coxe). (Greg. 168.)
149. St. Saba 24 [xi], fol. (Coxe). (Greg. 169.)
*[+]150. Lond. Brit. Mus. Harl. 5598 [May 27, a.d. 995, Indict. 8], 13-¼ × 10-½, ff. 374 (21), 2 cols., Unc., mus. rubr., orn., written by [pg 337] Constantine, a priest, is Scrivener's H (Cod. Augiensis, Introd. pp. xlvii-l), for an alphabet formed from it see our Plate iii. No. 7. It was brought from Constantinople by Dr. John Covell, in 1677 (Evan. 65), and by him shown to Mill (N. T., Proleg. § 1426); from Covell it seems to have been purchased (together with his other copies) by Harley, Earl of Oxford. It is a most splendid specimen of the uncial class of Evangelistaria, and its text presents many instructive variations. At the end are several Lessons for special occasions, which are not often met with. Collated also by (Bloomfield), and facsimiles given by the Palaeographical Society, Plates 26, 27.
151. Lond. Brit. Mus. Harl. 5785 [xii], 12-½ × 9-½, ff. 359 (18), 2 cols., mus. rubr., orn., a splendid copy, in large, bold, cursive letters. At the end is a note, written at Rome in 1699, by L. A. Zacagni, certifying that the volume was then more than 700 years old. The date assigned above is more likely (Bloomfield).
[+]152. Lond. Brit. Mus. Harl. 5787 [x], 12-¼ × 9, ff. 224 (24), 2 cols., Unc., orn., the uncials leaning to the right, a fine copy, with small uncial notes, well meriting collation. Called “Codex Prusensis” [Prusa, near mount Olympus: Scholz's 171] in a MS. note of H. Wanley. It begins John xx. 20, and is mut. in. some other parts. For a facsimile page see the new “Catalogue of Ancient MSS. in the British Museum” (1881), Plate 17.
153. Meerman 117 [xi], see Evan. 436 ?, bought at Meerman's sale by Payne, the bookseller, for £200. Its present owner is unknown. (Compare Evan. 562.)
154. Munich, Reg. Gr. 326 [xiii], 12-3/8 × 9-7/8, ff. 49 (21), 2 cols., a fine fol., written very small and neatly, containing the Lessons from the season of Lent to the month of December in the menology, once at Mannheim. It seems adapted to the Constantinopolitan use.
[+]155. Vindobon. Caes. Gr. Theol. 209 [x], 8-½ × 6-½, ff. 143 (27), mus. rubr., pict., Unc., a palimpsest, over which is written a commentary on St. Matthew [xiv].
156. Rom. Vallicell. D. 4. 1 [xi], fol., ff. 380, 2 cols., described by Bianchini, Evan. Quadr., vol. ii. pt. i. p. 537; now missing. It must have been a superb specimen of ancient art: about thirty of its pictures are enumerated.
157. Oxf. Bodl., Clarke 8 [a.d. 1253], 8 × 6-¾, ff. 198 (23), 2 cols., 2 gatherings destroyed, and one leaf torn out. Written by Demetrius Brizopoulos, σαββατοκυριακαί, (see Evst. 24)284. (Greg.)
[pg 338]To Dean Burgon's care and industry we owe Codd. 158-178; 181-187.
158. Par. Suppl. Gr. 27 [xi, Greg. xii], 13 × 10-7/8, ff. 207 (24), 2 cols., mus. rubr., pict., beautifully illuminated: “Present de Mr. Desalleurs, ambassadeur pour le roy en 1753, remis par ordre de Mr. le Cte. d'Argenson le 7 Juillet, 1753,” (Greg. 261.)
159. Par. Suppl. Gr. 242 [xv, Greg. xvii], 16-¼ × 10-¾, ff. 265 (27), 2 cols., chart., peculiarly bound, with oriental pictures. (Greg. 262.)
160. Bologna, Univ. 3638 [xiv], 11-3/8 × 9-¾, ff. 233 (27), 2 cols., written by one Anthimus. This is No. xviii in Talman's and J. S. Assemani's manuscript Catalogue, No. 25 in Mezzofanti's Index. (Greg. 281.)
161. Parma, Reg. 14 [xiv], 11-3/8 × 9-¾, ?, 2 cols., mus. rubr., mut. Contains the Gospel for St. Pelagia's day. (Greg. 282.)
162. Siena, Univ. X. iv. 1 [xi or xii], 14-3/8 × 11-5/8, ff. 313 (23), 2 cols., mus. rubr., pict., one of the most splendid Service-books in the world, the first five columns in gold, the covers enriched with sumptuous silver enamels and graceful scroll-work. Bought at Venice in 1359 by Andrea di Grazia for the Hospital of S. Maria della Scala, of P. di Giunta Torregiani, a Florentine merchant, who a little before had bought it at Constantinople of the agent of the Emperor John Cantacuzenus [1341-55]. (Greg. 283.)
163. Milan, [+]Ambr. Q. 79 sup. [x], 11-7/8 × 8-¼, a single uncial page of a Lectionary. (Greg. 284.)
164. Milan, Ambr. E. S. v. 14 [xii], 10-½ × 8-½, ff. 37 (22), 2 cols., two separate fragments, one being fol., in two columns, roughly written. (Greg. 285a.)
165. Milan, Ambr. ol. E. S. v. 13, now bound up with 164 [xiv], at f. 67, 11-¼ × 8-½, f. 1, 2 cols. (See Greg. 285.)
166. (Apost. 181.) Milan, Ambr. D. 108 sup. [xiii], 11-3/8 × 8-½, ff. 204 (29), 2 cols. (See Greg. 287.)
167. Milan, Ambr. A. 150 sup. [xiii], 11-7/8 × 9-½, ff. 124 (24), 2 cols., mut. (ff. 1-9, 104-123, chart.). (See Greg. 288.)
168. Milan, Ambr. C. 160 inf. [xiv], 12-¾ × 10, ff. 156 (27), 2 cols., mut. (See Greg. 289.)
169. Milan, Ambr. P. 274 sup. [xiv or xv], 10-3/8 × 7-½, ff. 198 (23), mut., in disorder. (See Greg. 290.)
[pg 339]Besides examining the eight Evangelistaria at St. Mark's, Venice, described in the preceding catalogue (Evst. 107-10; 139-42), Burgon found, exclusive of Evst. 175, eight more: viz.
170. Venice, St. Mark i. 4 [a.d. 1381], 8-½ × 5-7/8, ff. 209 (22), chart., rather barbarously written by the priest John. (See Greg. 264.)
[+]171. Ven. St. Mark i. 45 [x], 13-3/8 × 10-½, ff. 78 (20), 2 cols., Unc., mut. initio. (Greg. 265.)
172. Ven. St. Mark i. 46 [xii ?], 10-¼ × 8, ff. 50 (22), 2 cols., mus. rubr., mut. coarse. (See Greg. 266.)
173. Ven. St. Mark. i. 47 [a.d. 1046285], 13-1/8 × 10-3/8, ff. 350 (24), 2 cols., a grand cursive folio, sumptuously adorned. (See Greg. 267.)
174. Ven. St. Mark i. 48 [xii], 10-3/8 × 8-¼, ff. 281 (20), 2 cols., mus. rubr., with unusual contents. (See Greg. 268.)
*[+]175. venev. Ven. St. Mark i. 49 [vii or viii], 9-¼ × 8, Unc., three nearly illegible palimpsest leaves (edited by Tischendorf in “Monum. sacr. ined.,” vol. i. pp. 199, &c.), (see Evst. 135), containing Matt. viii. 32-ix. 1; 9-13; John ii. 15-22; iii. 22-26; vi. 16-26; or twenty-seven verses.
176. Ven. St. Mark i. 50 [xiv or xv], 11-3/8 × 7-7/8, ff. 403 (22), 2 cols., chart. (See Greg. 270.)
177. Ven. St. Mark i. 51 [xv, Greg. xvii], 8 × 5-½, chart., eleven poor leaves. (Greg. 271.)
178. Ven. St. Mark i. 52 [xvi], 10-¼ × 7-½, ff. 276 (26), mus. rubr., chart., from Corfu. (See Greg. 272.)
*[+]179. (Apost. 55.) Trèves, Cath. Libr. 143. F [x or xi], 10-1/8 × 7-¾, ff. 202 (24), Unc., called St. Simeon's, and brought by him from Syria in the eleventh century, consists chiefly of Lessons from the Old Testament. It contains many itacisms and some unusual readings. Edited in 1834 by B. M. Steininger in his “Codex S. Simeonis exhibens lect. eccl. gr. dccc ann. vetustate insigne.” (Greg. 179.)
[+]180. Vindob. Caes. 209 [ix, Greg. x], 8-½ × 6-½, ff. 143 (27), Unc. and Minusc., mus. rubr., pict., a palimpsest, with many itacisms (Scholz, Endlicher). Readings are given by Scholz (N. T., vol. ii. pp. lv-lxiii). (Greg. 155.)
In the Treasury of the Church of St. Mark at Venice Burgon found, besides those just named, three others, nearly ruined by the damp of the place where they are kept.
181. Ven. St. Mark, Thesaur. i. 53 [xiii, Greg. xii], 11-¾ × 8-5/8, ff. ?, 2 cols., splendidly illuminated and bound in silver and enamel. Substitute this for Wake 12 (=Evan. 492), inserted in error as Evst. 181.
[pg 340]182. Ven. St. Mark, Thes. i. 54 [xii, Greg. xiii], 10-7/8 × 8-3/8, ff. ?, 2 cols., once a fine codex, now tied up in a parcel by itself. (Greg. 276.)
183. Ven. St. Mark, Thes. i. 55 [a.d. 1439], 13 × 10-1/8, ff. ?, 2 cols., chart., written by Sophronius at Ferrara, poor enough inside, but kept in a glass case for the sake of its gorgeous silver cover, which came from St. Sophia's at Constantinople. (Greg. 277.)
The next three are bound in red velvet, and in excellent preservation.
184. Ven. S. Giorgio di Greco Α᾽ [xiv, Greg. xii], 12-¼ × 10-¼, ff. 413 (21), 2 cols., is very splendidly illuminated, and was once used for the Greek service of this church. (Greg. 279.)
185. Ven. S. Giorgio di Greco Γ᾽ [xiv], 9-5/8 × 7-¼, ff. 240 (28). Professes to be Written by Νικολαος ὁ Μαλωtr, πρωτέκδικος τῆς ἁγιωτάτης μητροπόλεως Λακεδαίμονι. It seems to have been brought hither a.d. 1422. (Greg. 280.)
186. Ven. S. Giorgio di Greco Β᾽ [xiii], 11-½ × 8-½, ff. 223 (21), 2 cols., is the largest, but contains only σαββατοκυριακαί (see Evst. 24). (Greg. 278.)
187. Flor. Laurent. S. Marci 706 [xi or xii], 9-¼ × 7-7/8, ff. 181 (21), 2 cols., mus. rubr., cursive, much used. (Greg. 291.)
188. Rom. Vat. Pii II. Gr. 33 [x or xi], 8-¼ × 6, ff. 158 (26), 2 cols., a fine specimen. (Greg. 570.)
[+]189. carpev. Carpentras, Bibl. Urb. 11 [ix, Greg. x], 14 × 10-5/8, ff. 277 (24), 2 cols., Unc., mus. rubr., examined by Tischendorf in 1843. Extracts are given in his “Anecd. sacr. et prof.,” pp. 151, &c.
[+]190. tischev. Leipzig, Univ. Libr. Tisch. V [viii or ix], 10-¾ × 8-½, ff. 89 (20), 2 cols., mus. rubr., a palimpsest, described “Anecd. sacr. et prof.,” pp. 29, &c. (Greg. 293.)
[+]191. (Apost. 178.) Petropev. Petrop. Caes. Muralt. 44 [ix], 4to, ff. 69, ill written, but with a remarkable text; the date being tolerably fixed by Arabic matter decidedly more modern, written 401 and 425 of the Hegira (i.e. about a.d. 1011 and 1035) respecting the birth and baptism of the two Holy infants. There are but ten Lessons from St. Matthew, and nineteen from other parts of the New Testament, enumerated by Tischendorf in “Notitia. Cod. Sinaitici,” p. 54. This copy contains the two leaves on cotton paper, with writing by the first hand, mentioned above, p. 23, note 2. (Greg. 249.)
[+]192. (Apost. 73.) Petropev. 2. Petrop. Caes. Muralt. 90 [xii], 8vo., ff. 93 (21), a fragment. Tischendorf, Notitia Cod. Sinaitici, p. 63. (Greg. 256.)
193. Besançon, Bibl. Urb. 44 [?], 11-5/8 × 7-5/8, ff. 210 (22), 2 cols., mus. rubr. (letter from M. Castan, the Librarian, to Burgon). (Greg. 263.)
[+]194. 1pe. Petrop. Caes. Muralt. iv. 13 [ix], fol., ff. 2 (21), 2 cols., Unc. Matt. viii. 10-13; xxvii. 1-9; Mark vi. 14-18; Luke iv. 33-36. (Greg. 246.)
195. 3pe. Petrop. Caes. Muralt. (56) vii. 179 [x], fol., ff. 251 (26), 2 [pg 341] cols., and (Apost. 54) Praxapostolos (Petrop. viii. 80), “cum Codice G [Angelico] consentiens exc. Act. xxvii. 29; xxviii. 2.” (Greg. 251.)
196. 6pe. Petrop. Caes. Muralt. (71) x. 180 [dated Salernum, 1022], 4to, ff. 170 (20), 2 cols., mut. throughout. (Greg. 253.)
197. 9pe. Petrop. Caes. Muralt. xi. 3. 181 [xiii], 4to, ff. 3 (20), 2 cols., fragments: Matt. xxviii. 12-18; Luke iv. 16-22; John x. 9-14; xix. 6, 9-11; 14-19, 20; 25-28: 30-35. (Greg. 258.)
198. 10pe. Panticapaeense [of Kertch ?], Palaeologi, collated at Odessa, and the collation sent to Muralt. (Greg. 260.)
199. Fragments of two leaves [ix, Greg. xiii], 11-¼ × 7-¼, ff. 176 (34), bound up in Evan. 68. (Evan. 68.)
200. The cursive Lessons which overlie the uncial fragment of St. Luke (Ξ). (Greg. 299.)
[+]201. Oxf. Bodl. Barocc. 197 [x], 11-¾ × 7-¼, ff. 5 (2), 2 cols., mus. rubr., uncial palimpsest leaves, used for binding. (Greg. 205.)
[+]202. Oxf. Bodl. Canonici Gr. 85 [ix], 13 × 9-¼, ff. 259 (18), 2 cols., mus. rubr., passages and directions in later cursive hand, much mut. The uncials lean a little to the left. (Greg. 194.)
[+]203. Oxf. Bodl. Can. Gr. 92 [x], 15-¾ × 12, ff. 483 (14), 2 cols., mus. rubr., large folio, very splendid, with gilt initial letters. (Greg. 195.)
204. Oxf. Bodl. Can. Gr. 119 [xv], 11-½ × 7-1/8, ff. 155 (26), chart., belonging in 1626 to Nicolas, a priest. (Greg. 196.)
205. Oxf. Bodl. Can. Gr. 126, 9-½ × 8, ff. 8 (20), chart. (Greg. 197.)
206. Oxf. Bodl. Clarke 45 [xii], 11-½ × 9, ff. 276 (24), 2 cols., mus. rubr., orn. bound-up in disorder (Burgon), splendid but spoiled by damp. (Greg. 198.)
207. Oxf. Bodl. Clarke 46 [xiii], 11 × 9, ff. 252 (21), 2 cols., mut. initio et fine. “A fine ruin, miserably cropped by the modern binder: the writing is very dissimilar in parts” (Burgon). (Greg. 199.)
208. Oxf. Bodl. Clarke 47 [xii], 10-½ × 8-½, ff. 292 (23), 2 cols., mus. rubr., much like Evst. 206. (Greg. 200.)