L Codex Angelicus Romanus, 9thc. In the Angelic Library of the Augustinian monks at Rome.
P Codex Porfirianus, 9th ο. A palimpsest found by Tischen-
- dorf in 1862 among the books of Bishop Porfirius Chiovensis.
D Codex Beze, 5th or 6th ο. In the Library of the Uni- versity of Cambridge, to which it was presented by Theodore Beza in 1581. The Greek text with a slavish Latin translation. Much mutilated, our Epistles being represented only by the Latin version of 3 John 11-15.
These manuscripts are uncials,? and there are besides upwards of two hundred minuscules or cursives, ranging in date from 9th c. to 16th c.8
2. Ancient Versions : #— Syriac—
(1) Syrvg Peshitto or Vulgate, 3rd (?) c. Contains the First Epistle.
(2) Syrph Philoxenian or Heraclean Version, 6th c. The three Epistles.
(3) Syrbo Pococke’s edition (1630) of 2 Pet. and 2 and 3 John from codex in Bodleian Library, Oxford.
Vg Latin Vulgate, St. Jerome’s revision (Α.Ρ. 382-84). The three Epistles.
Egyptian—
(1) Cop Memphitic Version, θεά (ο. The three Epistles.
(2) Sah Thebaic Version, 3rd (?) c. The three Epistles. Aeth Ethiopic Version, from 4th to 6thc. The three Epistles. Arm Armenian Version, 5th c. The three Epistles.
These versions have no small value for the determination of the original text. It is usually plain which of several disputed readings the translator had before him, and whether his MS. contained a word or passage of doubtful authenticity.
Clem. Alex. Adumbrationes in Epp. Foan. i., ii. (a rude Latin translation) ; Didymus, the blind teacher of St. Jerome in the Cate- chetical School of Alexandria (Α.Ρ. 308-95), commentary on the
1 Gregory, ΡΡ. 345 Seq. 2 The signs * ? 3 a bc affixed to uncials denote corrections by later hands. ὃ Gregory, pp. 616 seq. 4 Tbid., pp. 803 seq.