()', the three hymns of Luke i and ii, as contained in the Psalter of Turin, written in gold and silver letters, belonging to the 7th century. Tischendorf is about to publish the entire Psalter.
O", the same three hymns in a St.-Gall Codex, 17, written partly in Greek and partly in Latin. Tischen- dorf assigns the MS. to the 9th century.
P (of the Gospels), Codex Guelpherbytanus, A (in the library of Wolfenbiittel), a palimpsest MS. containing fragments of the Gospels. In 1762 Knittel pubhshed all he could read. In 1854 Tischendorf succeeded in de- ciphering almost all the portions of the Gospels that ex- ist, which he has published in his Monumenta Sacra inedita (1860). See below, Q.
P„ (of the Acts andEpistles),aMS.ofthe Acts, Cath- olic and Pauline Epistles, and Apocalypse, belonging to the library of bishop Uspcnski in St. Petersburg. This is a valuable palimpsest, consisting of upwards of 300 leaves. Though belonging to the 9th century, the text, except in 1 Peter and Acts, agrees with that* of the old- est codices. The Epistles were ])ublished in 1865, and the Acts and liev. in 18G9, by Tischendorf, in his Monum. Sacra.
Q, Codex Guelpherbytanus, B, another palimpsest, con- taining fragments of Luke and John's Gospels, discov- ered by Knittel, and published with the last fragments. Tischendorf is about to re-edit it in a more complete and accurate state. According to him, P belongs to the Gth, and Q to the 5th century. Sec Wolfenbuttel Manuscripts.
Q', a papyrus fragment, containing parts of 1 Cor. i, vi, vii, belonging to the 5tii or (>th century.
I{, a rescript IMS. belonging to the British iMusenm, brouglit from the Nitrian desert, with many other cod- ices, chietiy Syriac ones. Tlie Syriac text of Severus of Antioch was written over it. The forty-eight leaves contain parts of Luke's Gospel. TIk', writing is in two columns ; and the Ammonian sections have not the can- ons of Eusebius. Tischendorf published almost the whole text (for some of it is illegible ) in his ^fonumenfa^ Sacra inedita, xol.'u. Dr. Wright found three leaves
overlooked by Tischendorf, of which he gave an ac- count in the Journal of Sacred Literature for January, 18G4. It is assigned to the Gth century, but maj' belong to the 7th.
S, Codex Vaticanus, 354. This MS. contains the four Gospels entire. It is in the Vatican Library, where Birch carefully collated it twice for his Greek Testa- ment. A subscription to it states that it was written A.D. 949. See Tischendorf, in the Annales Vvidoboii. (1847), where a fac-simile better than those of Blanchini and Birch is given.
T, Codex Boj-gianus (1 in the library of the Propa- ganda at Rome), a MS. of thirteen leaves, containing fragments of John's Gospel. The Greek text has a Thebaic translation by its side. Giorgi ]Hiblislied the text in 1789 at Eome. Tischendorf, who inspected the MS. and made a fac-simile of it, assigns it to the 5th century. See Borgian Manuscript.
T'', six leaves, contaming John i, ii, iii, iv, belonging to the Gth century.
T'=, two leaves, containing Matt, xiv, xv, belonging to the Gth century. The writing and text resemble those of the Borgian fragments.
T'', fragments of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, from Bor- gian MSS. of the 7th century.
T^ Frarjmentum Woideanum, a few leaves, Greek and Sahidic, whose text was edited by Woide (contained in the Appendix to the Codex Alexandrinus, 1799). The one contains Luke xii, 15-xiii, 32 ; the other, John viii. 33-42. Tischendorf has discovered that these frag- ments are parts of T. published by Giorgi. Hence they belong to the same time.
U, Codex Venetus Marciarms, iorm^rly Nania mis (in St, Mark's Library at Venice), a MS. of tlie Gospels com- plete, with a text elegantly written. It was first colla- ted accurately by Tischendorf in 1843, and again bj' Tregelles in 1846. According to Tischendorf it belongs to the end of the 9th or to the 10th century.
V, Codex Mosquensis (in the library of the Holy Synod at Moscow), a MS. of the four Gospels, with sev- eral chasms. From John vii, 39 has been sujiplied by a more recent hand of the 13th century, in cursive let- ters. It belongs to the 9th centurj', and was twice col- lated by IMatthffii. ,
W^, two leaves at the end of Codex Rer/ius. now in the Imperial Library of Paris. They contain Luke ix, 34-47; X, 12-22, and are the fragment of a continu- ous MS. of the Gospels belonging to the 8th century. Tischendorf has edited the whole in his Monumenta Sacra inedita. .
W'', Codex Neapolitanus 7-escriptus, consisting of four- teen leaves which contain fragments of the first three Gospels as old as the 8th century. Tischendorf edited some verses of it in the Annales Vindobonenses (1847); and it is described by Scotti. Tischendorf supposes that the leaves belong to the same MS. as W\
W^, three leaves at St. Gall, containing fragments of Mark and Luke. They are a sort of ))alimpsest,_the writing having been effaced, though nothing new was written over. Tischendorf, who copied, and intends to edit these fragments, assigns them to the 9th century.
W'', fragments of JMark's Gospel, vii, viii, ix, found in Trinity College, Cambridge, belonging to the 9th cen- tury.
X, Codex Monacensis, in the librarj^ of the Uni\-ersity of Munich, containing fragments of the four (Jospels. Commentaries of several fathers, especially Chrysostom, accompany the text, except Mark's. It belongs to the 9th or 10th century. Between John ii, 22 and vii, 1. is supplied by a later hand of the 12th century. The IMS. was collated by Tischendorf and Tregelles. See Mc-