Chapter III: The Latin Versions (3)

113. Royal Libr. Lat. 13,601 = Cim. 54. Gospels [xi], 119 leaves,
folio, from Niedermünster; magnificent pictures and illuminations;
_see_ Kugler, Museum, 1834, p. 164; Woltmann, Gesch. d. Malerei,
i. 258; Berth. Richl, Zur Bayr. Kunstgesch., i. 16.

114. Lat. 14,000, Cim. 55. Gospels [ix, dated 870], folio, from
St. Emmeram’s, Ratisbon. This magnificent book is written in
golden uncials on fine white vellum, a good deal of purple being
employed in the earlier pages; there are splendid illuminations
before each Gospel. Collated by C. Sanftl, Dissertatio etc.,
Ratisbon, 1789. Tischendorf’s _em_.

115. Royal Library. Gospels [vii], from Ingolstadt; _mut._ in many
places, especially in St. Matthew, where it only preserves xxii.
39-xxiv. 19; xxv. 14 _ad fin._ Collated by Tischendorf, who cited
it as _ing_. His collation is in the possession of Bp. Wordsworth,
who cites the MS. as I.

_Nuremberg._

116. Dr. Dombart in Hilgenfeld’s Zeitschr., 1881, p. 455 f., has
drawn attention to some fragments [probably vi cent.] of St. Luke
and St. John now in the Germanisches Museum at Nuremberg; they
consist of twenty-eight leaves detached from the covers of books
and contain, though _mut._, Luke v. 19-xxiv. 31, John i. 19-33,
written in a most beautiful uncial hand, perhaps not surpassed by
any other MS. The text seems to be allied to Amiatinus, but with a
considerable mixture of Old Latin readings. More fragments from
the same MS. are to be found in the Libri collection; _see_
“Catalogue de la partie réservée de la collection Libri” (1862),
p. 45, no. 226, pl. lviii.

_Trier._

117. Stadtbibliothek, no. xxii. Gospels [end of viii], 172 leaves,
folio, written partly in uncials but mostly in Caroline
minuscules; this is the famous “Codex Aureus,” or
“Adahandschrift,” and is a truly magnificent copy. A full
description, both of the palaeography and of the critical value of
the text, is given in the fine monograph published at Leipzig in
1889, and entitled “Die Trierer Adahandschrift;” by several
authors. The dissertation on the text is by Dr. P. Corssen.

_Wolfenbüttel._

118. A Wolfenbüttel palimpsest [v], quoted occasionally in the
Gospels by Tischendorf as _gue. lect._ _See_ “Anecdota sacra et
profana,” p. 164 f.

_Würzburg._

119. University Library, Mp. Th. q. 1 _a_. Gospels [early vii],
152 leaves, 4to, formerly belonging to the Cathedral Treasury;
fine uncial writing, and beautiful ivory carving on the covers.
According to tradition this MS. belonged to St. Kilian and was
found in his tomb; _see_ however Berger, p. 54. _Mut_. Matt. i.
1-vi. 8; John xx. 23-xxi. 25. Facsimile in Zangemeister and
Wattenb., Supplem. ad Exempla codd. lat., pl. lviii-lviii _a_.(93)

120. Mp. th. q. 1. Gospels [x], 194 leaves, 4to, formerly
belonging to the Benedictine monastery of St. Stephen. A splendid
MS.

121. Mp. th. q. 4. Gospels [xi], 168 leaves, 4to, probably once
the property of the monastery at Neumünster. A fine MS. and
strongly resembling Mp. th. f. 66 (no. 124).

122. Mp. th. f. 61. St. Matthew [viii], 34 leaves, folio,
Anglo-Saxon writing with interlinear glosses; the text is largely
intermixed with Old Latin readings. _See_ the monograph of K.
Köberlin, Eine Würzb. Evang. Hdschr.; Progr. d. Studienanstalt bei
S. Anna in Augsburg, 1891.

123. Mp. th. f. 65. Gospels [viii or ix], 182 leaves, folio,
formerly belonging to the Cathedral Treasury. Fine minuscule.

124. Mp. th. f. 66. Gospels [viii or ix], 207 leaves, folio,
formerly belonging to the Cathedral Treasury. Fine minuscule; was
a special treasure of Bishop Heinrich.

125. Mp. th. f. 67. Gospels [vii or viii], 192 leaves, folio,
probably from the Cathedral Treasury; semi-uncial, and ivory
carving on the cover; there are occasional corrections in an early
hand, and the first hand has a large intermixture of Old Latin
readings; _mut_. after John xviii. 35, and does not contain John
v. 4.

126. Mp. th. f. 68. Gospels [vi or vii], 170 leaves, folio,
formerly belonging to the Cathedral Treasury; fine and large
uncial, and ivory carving on the cover; corrected frequently in a
later minuscule hand, but the reading of the first hand is always
visible, and agrees largely with Amiatinus, though in St. John’s
Gospel there is a good proportion of Old Latin readings.

127. Mp. th. f. 88. Gospels [xii or xiii], 194 leaves, folio;
according to an inscription on fol. 194 the MS. was brought from
Rome by a Cardinal to the Council of Basle, and used by him there;
and then was bought for the Cathedral at Würzburg and handsomely
bound.

e. _Holland: Utrecht._

128. Utrecht. At the end of the famous “Utrecht Psalter” are bound
up some fragments [vii or viii] of St. Matthew (i. 1-iii. 4) and
St. John (i. 1-21), written in an Anglian hand, strongly
resembling that of the Codex Amiatinus. Facsimiles are given in
the well-known edition of the Psalter, which was photographed by
the autotype process and published in London in 1873. Wordsworth’s
U.

f. _Italy: Cividale._

129. Cividale, Friuli. Gospels [vi or vii]. St. Matthew, St. Luke,
and St. John are at Cividale in Friuli, from which the MS. is
named “Codex Forojuliensis”; St. Mark partly at Venice in a
wretched and illegible plight, partly at Prague. This last portion
(xii. 21-xvi. 20) was edited by J. Dobrowsky (Prague, 1778), and
is cited by Tischendorf as _prag._; the other Gospels are edited
by Bianchini in the “Evang. Quadruplex,” ii. app., p. 473 f., and
are cited by Tischendorf as _for._; the MS. is cited throughout by
Wordsworth as J. St. John is _mut._ xix. 29-40; xx. 19-xxi. 25.
Facsimile in Zangem. and Wattenb., pl. 36.

_Milan._

130. Ambrosian Library, C. 39 inf. Gospels [vi], 288 leaves,
uncial; with the numbers of the Sections and Canons in small Greek
uncials, and some early and interesting lectionary notes in the
margins; the text is also very interesting and valuable. _Mut._
Matt. i. 1-6; 25-iii. 12; xxiii. 25-xxv. 41; Mark vi. 10-viii. 12.
In a later hand [ix] are Mark xiv. 35-48; John xix. 12-23; also a
repeated Passion lesson, John xiii-xviii. Wordsworth’s M;
transcribed for his edition of the Vulgate by Padre Fortunato
Villa, one of the “Scrittori” of the Library.

131. Ambrosian Library, I. 61 sup. Gospels [viii], Irish hand;
interesting text; it has been corrected throughout, and the
corrections are as interesting as the original text, giving us
good specimens of “Western” readings; _see_ Berger, p. 58.

_Perugia._

132. Chapter Library; part of St. Luke’s Gospel [vi], in a purple
MS.; contains Luke i. 1-xii. 7, but much _mut._ Edited by
Bianchini, Evang. Quadr., ii. app., p. 562; Tischendorf’s _pe._;
Wordsworth’s P.

_Turin._

133. Gospels [vii?], at Turin, used by Tischendorf and cited by
him as _taur._; _see_ “Anecdota Sacra et Profana,” p. 160.

g. _Spain: Escurial._

134. Gospels [xi], 170 leaves, double columns, written apparently
at Spires on the Rhine, in gold letters; now in the Escurial, not
numbered, but exhibited under glass; the “Aureum exemplar” of
Erasmus; _see_ Old Lat. Bibl. Texts, i. p. 51.

h. _Switzerland: Berne._

135. University Library, no. 671. Gospels [ix or x], written in a
small and graceful Irish hand; mixed text. _See_ Berger, p. 56.

_Geneva._

136. No. 6. Gospels [viii or ix], Anglo-Saxon text. Berger, p. 57.

_St. Gall._

137. Stiftsbibliothek. No. 17 [ix-x], part of a 4to volume of 342
pages, two MSS. bound up together; pp. 3-117 contain the Gospel of
St. Matthew; pp. 118-132, St. Mark i. 1-iii. 27 with preface.

138. No. 49 [ix], 4to, 314 pages. Gospels, with prefatory matter.

139. No. 50 [ix-x], 4to, 534 pages. Gospels, with prefatory matter
and capitulare.

140. No. 51 [viii], folio, 268 pages, Irish semi-uncial. Gospels;
illuminated title-pages and initials, strongly resembling the
style of the Books of Kells and Lindisfarne (nos. 78, 64). Vulgate
text, but with Old Latin readings, especially in the earlier
chapters of St. Matthew. _See_ Berger, p. 56.

141. No. 52 [ix], folio, 286 pages. Gospels, with prefatory
matter.

142. No. 53 [ix-x], folio, 305 pages. Gospels, with title-pages
and initials finely illuminated; written by Sintram, a Deacon at
St. Gall, and known as the “Evangelium longum”; remarkable also
for its handsome binding with ivory carvings.

143. No. 60 [viii], folio, 70 pages, Irish writing. St. John’s
Gospel, with illuminated title-page and picture of St. John; this
is one of the thirty “libri scottice scripti,” mentioned in the
ninth century catalogue of the Library; Tischendorf transcribed
part of this MS.

144. No. 1394; the book of fragments that contains the Old Latin
fragments, _n o p_ (_see_ p. 49). Pages 101-104 are two leaves
small folio [ix] in Irish minuscules, and contain St. Luke i-iii;
transcribed by Tischendorf.

145. No. 1395 [vi], being pp. 7-327 of a 4to MS., containing 90
leaves and a number of fragments of a MS. of the Gospels in Roman
minuscules; only Matt. vi. 21-John xvii. 18 remain. The scribe
says that he had two Latin MSS. before him, and a Greek MS. to
which he occasionally referred. _See_ below, no. 180.
Tischendorf’s _san_.

i. _United States: Oswego N. Y._

146. Library of Th. Irwin, Esq. Gospels [viii], gold letters on
purple vellum, formerly in the Hamilton Collection (No. 151);
falsely ascribed to Abp. Wilfrid of York († 709); _see_ Berger, p.
259.

D. ACTS, EPISTLES, APOCALYPSE.

a. _British Isles: British Museum._

147. Add. 11,852. Pauline Epp. (including Laod.), Act., Cath.,
Apoc. [ix], 215 leaves, small 4to, Caroline minuscule. Written for
Hartmotus, Abbot of St. Gall (872-884): it afterwards belonged to
the Library of Raymund Kraft at Ulm, and was described by J. G.
Schelhorn in 1725 and Häberlin in 1739; bought at Frankfort by Bp.
Butler: _see_ Dobbin, Cod. Montfort., Introd., p. 44; and the
careful examination by E. Nestle, Bengel als Gelehrter, pp. 58-60,
Tübingen, 1892. Wordsworth’s U2; collated by the Rev. H. J. White.

_Oxford._

148. Bodl. 3418. The Selden Acts, Seld. 30 [vii or viii], mut.
xiv. 26-xv. 32. A most valuable uncial MS., collated by Casley,
who cited it as χ, and by Bp. Wordsworth, who cites it as O2.
_See_ Westcott, Vulgate, p. 1696.

b. _France: Paris._

149. B. N. Lat. 305; Acts, Cath., Paul. (Laod. between Col. and
Thess.), Apoc. [xi], texts resembling B. N. 93 (_see_ above, no.
15); probably written at Saint Denis. Berger, p. 100.

150. Lat. 309; Acts, Epp., Apoc. [xi], in following order: Pauline
Epp. (with Laod. _after_ Thess.), Acts, Cath., Apoc. The text,
especially in the Acts, resembles that of B. N. 93 (_see_ above,
no. 15). Berger, p. 99.

151. Lat. 13,174. Formerly St. Germain 23, then 669; Acts, Cath.,
Apoc. [ix], 139 leaves, 4to, thick minuscule. Valuable text, and
contains an interesting note on the passage 1 John v. 7; Berger,
p. 103. Walker’s γ.

152. Lat. 17,250. Acts and Apocalypse [early xii]; 126 leaves, 32
x 23 cent.; a corrector, apparently of the thirteenth century, has
added in the Acts a number of interesting additions from an
extremely old version. Formerly at Navarre, and bought in 1445 by
Nic. de la Mare from Jean de Mouson. Examined by S. Berger.

c. _Germany: Munich._

153. Royal Lib. Lat. 6230. Formerly Freisingen 30. Acts, Cath.,
and Apoc. [early ix?], 126 leaves, large rough Caroline
minuscules. Described in the Munich Catalogue as tenth century,
but it seems nearer the beginning of the ninth; has a good text,
but rather mixed, especially in the Acts, where there are strange
conjunctions of good and bad readings. Wordsworth’s M2. Collated
by the Rev. H. J. White.

d. _Switzerland: St. Gall._

154. Stiftsbibliothek. No. 2 [viii], part of a thick 4to volume of
586 pages (not leaves), containing various matter; pp. 301-489
contain Acts and Apoc. in a large minuscule hand, written by the
monk and priest Winithar; text interesting, but mixed.
Wordsworth’s S2 in Acts and Apoc. Collated by the Rev. H. J.
White.

155. No. 63 [ix], 4to, 320 pages. Acts, Epistles, and Apoc.
divided as follows: foll. 2-163 Pauline Epp.; 163-244 Acts;
245-283 Catholic Epp. (but not 2 and 3 John), the “three heavenly
witnesses” in 1 John v. 7 being added by a contemporary corrector;
283-320 Apocalypse.

156. No. 72 [ix], folio, 336 pages, containing St. Paul’s Epp.,
Acts, Cath. Epp., and Apoc.

157. No. 83 [ix], large folio, 418 pages; a fine MS., written by
the order of Grimaldus and presented by him to the Library.
Contains St. Paul’s Epp., Acts, Cath. Epp., and Apoc., with
prefatory matter.

158. No. 1398a [xi], folio. A collection of fragments, of which
ff. 230-255 contain fragments of Acts i. 1-v. 36.

E. EPISTLES (CATH., PAUL.) AND APOC.

a. _British Isles: British Museum._

159. Harl. 1772. Epistles and Apoc. [viii], Col. after Thess., and
lacking Jude and Laod.; the Apoc. is _mut._ xiv. 16-fin. Formerly
at Paris, from whence it was stolen by Jean Aymon. Written in a
French hand, but showing traces of Irish influence in its initials
and ornamentation; the text is much mixed with Old Latin readings;
it has been corrected throughout, and the first hand so carefully
erased in places as to be quite illegible. Collated in part by
Griesbach, Symb. Crit., i. pp. 326-82, and by the Rev. H. J.
White; _see_ also Berger, p. 50. Bentley’s M in Trin. Coll. Cam.
B. 17. 14; Wordsworth’s Z2.

_Cambridge._

160. Trin. Coll. B. x. 5 [ix], the Neville MS., 4to, Saxon hand:
St. Paul’s Epp., beginning 1 Cor. vii. 32. Bentley’s S.

_Oxford._

161. Bodl. Laud. Lat. 108 [ix], 4to, 117 leaves, Irish hand.
Contains St. Paul’s Epp. with prefatory matter (ending at Heb. xi.
34), in following order: Rom., 1, 2 Cor., Gal., Eph., Phil., 1, 2
Thess., Col., 1, 2 Tim., Tit., Philem., Heb. A valuable text,
corrected apparently by three hands; the original text Old Latin,
but has been much erased; in many cases agrees with _d_
(Claromontanus) against most, or all, other MSS. _See_ Westcott,
Vulgate, p. 1696. Casley’s χ; Wordsworth’s O3.

b. _France: Laon_

162. Public Library, no. 45. Epistles and Apoc. [xiii], from the
monastery of St. Vincent near Laon. 141 leaves, 4 to, containing
latter part of the Old Testament, and the Epp. Apoc. in following
order: Rom., 1, 2 Cor., Gal., Eph., Phil., Col., 1, 2 Thess., 1, 2
Tim., Tit., Philem., Heb., Apoc., James, 1, 2 Pet., 1, 2, 3 John,
Jude; and then the apocryphal Petitio Corinthiorum a Paulo
apostolo, and 3rd Ep. to the Corinthians. _See_ Bratke in Theol.
Lt. Zeitung, 1892, p. 585 ff.

_Orleans._

163. Public Library, no. 16. Consists of a number of fragments of
five Biblical MSS.; the two last contain portions of 1 Cor., 1
Thess., Eph., and Phil. [viii?]. Berger, p. 84.

_Paris._

164. B. N. 107. The Latin version of Cod. Claromontanus. Walker
collated Rom. and 1 Cor. as far as x. 4; he cites it as δ.

165. Lat. 335. Pauline Epp. [viii], in Lombard characters. A
valuable MS. Wordsworth’s L2.

166. Lat. 2328. Codex Lemovicensis. Catholic Epp. [ix], mixed
text; contains 1 John v. 7, with the “Three Heavenly Witnesses,”
but in a mutilated form. Wordsworth’s L3.

167. Lat. 9553. Formerly Tours 116. St. Paul’s Epp., with other
matter [xi], 114 leaves, long minuscule; _see_ Delisle, Notice sur
les MSS. disparus de la Bibl. de Tours, no. iv. p. 17 (1883).
Collated by Chevalier; Walker’s υ.

c. _Germany: Bamberg._

168. Royal Library, A. ii. 42. Apocalypse and Evangelistarium [x],
written in the monastery of Reichenau; a gift from the Empress
Kunigunde to the Collegiate foundation of St. Stephan. Noticeable
especially for the large number of pictures (fifty-seven) with
which the MS. is ornamented; it is perhaps one of the most
interesting specimens we have of the pictorial art of this period.
_See_ Leitschuh, Führer durch d. kgl. Bibl. zu Bamberg, 1889, p.
89 ff.

_Munich._

169. Royal Library, Lat. 4577. St. Paul’s Epp. [viii?], with
prefatory matter; Col. after Thess., and followed by Laod.; Heb.
at end.

170. Lat. 6229, formerly Freisingen 29. St. Paul’s Epp. [viii or
ix], with prefatory matter. Order as above. The text of this MS.
appears to be like 169, and is excellent in the Romans, mixed in
the other Epp.; there is an interesting stichometry; examined by
Berger.

171. Lat. 14179. St. Paul’s Epp. [ix or x]; interesting text.

_Würzburg._

172. University Library, Mp. Th. f. 12. Epistles of St. Paul [ix],
with Irish glosses. A well-known MS. The glosses have been
published by Professor Zimmer (Glossae Hibernicae, Berlin, 1881),
and by Mr. Whitley Stokes, with a translation (The Old Irish
Glosses of Würzburg and Carlsruhe, Austin, Hertford, 1887);
selections published and translated by the Rev. T. Olden (The Holy
Scriptures in Ireland a thousand years ago, Dublin, 1888).

173. Mp. Th. f. 69. Pauline Epp. [viii], with Irish initials; Col.
after Thess.

d. _Italy: Monza._

174. Collegiate Archives, no. 1-2/9. Fragments of a Bible [x],
Lombard writing; all that is left in the New Test. is part of the
Epistles of St. Paul. Probably copied from an ancient MS.; Col.
follows Eph.; text strongly resembles that of Milan E. 26 inf.
(no. 30 above). Berger, p. 139.

_Rome._

175. Vat. Reg. Lat. 9. Pauline Epp. [vii], 114 leaves, 30.3 x 20.3
cent., uncial. Collated for Bp. Wordsworth’s Vulgate by Dr.
Meyncke, and cited as R2; _see_ also Bianchini, Vindiciae, p.
cclxxxiii. Colossians are placed after Thessalonians; _see_
Berger, p. 85.

_Verona._

176. Chapter Library, no. 74. St. Paul’s Epistles [x], a text
strongly agreeing with the first corrector of Cod. Fuldensis
(_see_ above, p. 75, no. 56); Corssen, Ep. ad Galatas, Berlin,
1885, p. 19.

e. _Switzerland: St. Gall._

177. Stiftsbibliothek, no. 64. [ix], a 4to MS. of 414 pages, of
which ff. 1-267 contain St. Paul’s Epp.

178. No. 70. [viii], folio, 258 pages, written by the monk
Winithar, of which ff. 1-250 contain St. Paul’s Epp. (Hebrews
being placed after 2 Timothy). _See_ Berger, p. 117.

179. No. 907. [viii], 4to, 320 pages, large hand, written by the
monk Winithar; pp. 237-297 and 303-318 contain the Epistles of
James, Peter, and John, and Apoc. i. 1-vii. 2.

180. No. 908. 219 pages 4to [vi], of which pp. 77-219 form a very
valuable palimpsest MS.; the original writing, a Martyrology in
Roman semi-uncial hand; over this, St. Paul’s Epp. in uncials,
beginning Eph. vi. 2 and finishing 1 Tim. ii. 5. Transcribed by
Tischendorf and quoted by him as _san_.

181. No. 1395 _See_ above, no. 145. Pages 440-441 in the same
collection contain fragments of Col. iii. 5-24 in a large Irish
hand.

We now subjoin the various notations of these MSS., Bentley’s, Walker’s, Casley’s, Tischendorf’s, Wordsworth’s:—

Bentley’s notation.

A = 61. B = 77. C = 76. C in Trin. Coll. Camb. B. 17.5 = 89. D = 65. E = 63. F = 72. H = 60. H in Trin. Coll. Camb. B. 17.5 = 71. K = 82. M = 159. M in Trin. Coll. Camb. B. 17.5 = 70. O = 59. P = 62. R = 3. S = 160. T = 75. W = 69. X = 74. Y = 64. Z = 68. φ = 66. ξ = 83. ξ in Trin. Coll. Camb. B. 17.5 = 85.

Walker’s and Casley’s notation.

α = 100. γ (Walker) = 151. γ (Casley) = 90. δ = 164. ε = 10. η = 11. θ = 15. κ = 16. λ = 52. μ = 21. ν = 20. ο1 = 96. ο2 = 19. π = 97. ρ = 106. σ = 107. τ = 108. υ = 167. φ = 102. χ (Evv.) = 87. χ (Act.) = 148. χ (Epp.) = 161. ψ = 86.

Tischendorf’s notation.

_am_. = 29. _and_. = 94. _bodl._ = 86. _cav._ = 28. _demid._ = 50. _em._ = 114. _erl._ = 110. _for._ = 129. _foss._ = 101. _fuld._ = 56. _gat._ = 104. _gue. lect._ = 118. _harl._ = 68. _ing._ = 115. _lux._ = 105. _mm._ = 67. _mt._ = 106. _pe._ = 132. _prag._ ( = _for._) = 129. _reg._ = 100. _san._ (_Ev._) = 145. _san._ (_Ep._) = 180. _taur._ = 133. _theotisc._ = 58. _tol._ = 41.

Wordsworth’s notation.

A = 29. B = 97. B2 = 25. [Symbol: BF ligature] = 72. C = 28. D = 51. Δ = 82. E = 67. [Symbol: EP ligature] = 98. F = 56. G = 21. H = 6. Θ = 18. I = 115. J = 129. K = 5. L = 85. L2 = 165. L3 = 166. M = 130. M2 = 153 [Symbol: MT ligature] = 106 O = 86. O2 = 148. O3 = 161. P = 132. Q = 78. R = 87. R2 = 175. S = 91. S2 = 154. T = 41. U = 128. U2 = 147. V = 37. W = 2. X = 77. Y = 64. Z = 68. Z2 = 159.