16. Par. Nat. Gr. 54, formerly 1881 [xiv], 12-3/8 × 10, ff.?, 2 cols., Eus. t. (Latin), pict., κεφ., τίτλ., Am. (Matt. and Mark), lect., subscr.; once belonged to the Medici; it has a Latin version in parts; mut. Mark xvi. 6-20. Eus. t., syn., pict. (Wetstein, Scholz). This gorgeous and “right royal” copy was never quite finished, but is unique in respect of being written in four colours, vermilion, lake, blue, and black, according to the character of the contents (Burgon, Greg.).
17. Par. Nat. Gr. 55 [xvi], 11-¾ × 8-¼, ff. 353 (25), 2 cols., has the Latin Vulgate version: it was neatly written, not by George Hermonymus the Spartan (but see Greg.), as Wetstein guesses, but by a Western professional scribe, Burgon. It once belonged to Cardinal Bourbon. Syn., pict. very elegant, lect. (Wetstein, Griesbach, Scholz).
18. (Act. 113, Paul. 132, Apoc. 51.) Par. Nat. Gr. 47, formerly 2241 [a.d. 1364], 11-½ × 8-3/8, ff. 444 (23), prol., κεφ. t., κεφ., lect., ἀναγν., subscr., στίχ., syn., men.; bought in 1687, and written at Constantinople. It is one of the few copies of the whole New Testament (see p. [72], note), and was given by Nicephorus Cannabetes to the monastery τοῦ ζωοδότου χριστοῦ ἐν τῷ τοῦ Μυζιθρᾶ (Misitra) τῆς Λακεδαίμονος κάστρῳ. Two syn. between the Pauline Epistles and the Apocalypse, psalms, hymns (Scholz, Greg., Reiche).
19. Par. Nat. Gr. 189, formerly 1880 [xii], 12-½ × 9-¼, ff. 387, κεφ. t., κεφ., τίτλ., Am., Eus., subscr., Wetstein's 1869, once belonged to the Medici, pict., with Victor's commentary on St. Mark, a catena to St. John, and scholia to the other Gospels. In marvellous condition, with much gold ornamentation (Scholz, Greg.).
20. Par. Nat. Gr. 188, formerly 1883 [xii], 13-1/8 × 9-1/8, a splendid folio, ff. 274, κεφ. t., κεφ., τίτλ., Am., Eus., lect., subscr., στίχ.—all by second hand (Greg.), brought from the East in 1669. It is beautifully written, and contains catenae, Victor's commentary on St. Mark, and other treatises enumerated by Scholz, who collated most of it. At the end of SS. Mark, Luke, and John “dicitur etiam hoc evangelium ex accuratis codicibus esse exscriptum, nec non collatum” (Scholz). A second (or perhaps the original) hand has been busy here to assimilate the text to that of Codd. 215, 300, or to some common model. In Cod. 215 the foregoing subscription is appended to all the Four Gospels, and the other contents correspond exactly (Burgon, Last Twelve Verses of St. Mark, pp. 119, 279). See on Evann. Λ, 428. Collated by W. F. Rose.
21. Par. Nat. Gr. 68, formerly 2860 [x], 9 × 7-1/8, ff. 203, 2 cols., pict., κεφ., τίτλ., Am., men., with syn. on paper in a later hand (Scholz, Greg.).
22. Par. Nat. Gr. 72, once Colbert. 2467 [xi], 10-¼ × 7-½, ff. 232 (22), [pg 194] contains remarkable readings. John xiv. 22-xvi. 27. Fully collated by the Rev. W. F. Rose (see Evan. 563). It begins Matt. ii. 2, six leaves containing Matt. v. 25-viii. 4 being misplaced before it. Κεφ. t., τίτλ., κεφ., Am., Eus. partial, subscr. No lect., ἀρχ., or mut. Matt. iv. 20-v. 25; τέλ. p. m. A beautiful copy, singularly free from itacisms and errors from homœoteleuton, and very carefully accentuated, with slight illuminated headings to the Gospels, which I recently had the pleasure of inspecting (Wetstein, Scholz, Scriv., Greg.).
23. Par. Nat. Gr. 77, Colbert. 3947 [xi], 9 × 7-¼, 4to, ff. 230, κεφ. t., κεφ., τίτλ., Am., lect., with the Latin Vulgate version down to Luke iv. 18. Mut. Matt. i. 1-17; Luke xxiv. 46-John ii. 20; xxi. 24, 25; ninety-six verses (Scholz).
24. Par. Nat. Gr. 178, Colbert. 4112 [xi, Greg. x], 10-¼ × 5-7/8, ff. 240, with a commentary (Victor's on St. Mark), prol., κεφ. t., κεφ., τίτλ., Am., Eus., and also syn., but in a later hand. Mut. Matt, xxvii. 20-Mark iv. 22; 186 verses (Griesb., Scholz). See Burgon, ubi supra, p. 228. Used in Cramer's Cat. on St. Mark, 1840 (Greg.).
25. Par. Nat. Gr. 191, Colbert. 2259 [x, Greg. xi], 11-¾ × 9-1/8, ff. 292, with Victor's commentary on St. Mark, and scholia, κεφ. t., κεφ., τίτλ., lect. (partial). “Grandly written,” but very imperfect, wanting about 715 verses, viz. Matt. xxiii. 1-xxv. 42; Mark i. 1-vii. 36; Luke viii. 31-41; ix. 44-54; x. 39-xi. 4; John xiii. 19?-xxi. 25 (Griesbach, Scholz, Greg., Martin).