= = fragments of St. Luke (cent. viii., comparatively pure, though showing mixture),
A is the well-known Codex Alexandrinus of the fifth century, a chief representative of the ‘‘Syrian” text, that is, the revised text formed by judicious eclectic use of all existing texts, and meant to be the authoritative New Testament. This Codex contains nearly the whole New Testament except Matthew as far as chapter xxv. 5. For the Gospels it is of no independent value as a witness to the true text, but its agreements with B are important.
A = Codex Sangallensis, a Graeco-Latin MS. of the tenth century, and having many ancient readings, especially in Mark.
To these authorities has to be added, as containing ancient read- ings, and often agreeing with the best MSS., Codex Purpureus Ros- sanensis (Σ), published in 1883, edited by Oscar Von Gebhardt ; of the sixth century, containing Matthew and Mark in full. Due note has been taken of the readings of this MS.
The foregoing represent the chief authorities referred to in the critical notes. In these notes I have not uniformly indicated my personal opinion. But in the commentary I have always adopted as the subject of remark the most probable reading. Reference to modern editors has been chiefly restricted to Tischendorf, and West- tott and Hort, meaning thereby no depreciation of the work done by others, but simply recognising these as the most important.
MSS. were corrected from time to time. Corrected copies are referred to by critics by letters or figures: thus, N4 (4th cent.), &> (6th cent.), δὲς (7th cent.), B? (4th cent.), B® (10th cent.).
Besides the above-named documents the following uncials are occasionally referred to in the critical notes :— cod. Basiliensis. 8th century (Gospels nearly entire). cod. Seidelii. gth or roth century (Gospels defective). cod. palimps. Petropolitanus. 5th and 6th centuries (fragments of Gospels). cod. Cyprius. gth century (Gospels complete). cod. De Camps, Paris. gth century (Gospels complete). cod. Purpureus. 6th century (fragments of all the Gospels). cod. Guelpherbytanus I. 6th century (fragments of all the Gospels). cod. Guelpherbytanus II. 5th century (fragments from Luke and John). cod. Nitriensis, London. 6th century (fragments of Luke). cod. Vaticanus 354. t1oth century (four Gospels complete). cod. Nanianus Venetus. gth or roth century (Gospels entire). cod. Mosquensis. gth century (contains Matt. and Mk., and Lk. nearly complete). ced. Monacensis. gth or roth century (fragments of all the Gospels). cod. Dublinensis. 6th century (fragments of Matthew). cod. Oxoniensis et Petropolitanus. t1oth century (four Gospels, Matthew and
Mark defective). cod. Oxoniensis Tisch. gth century (Luke and John entire). cod. Petropolitanus Tisch. 9th century (Gospels nearly complete). cod. Beratinus. 5th century (Matthew and Mark with lacunae).
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