26. Par. Nat. Gr. 78, Colbert. 4078 [xi], 9-½ × 7-¼, ff. 179 (27), neatly and correctly written by Paul a priest. Carp., Eus. t., κεφ. t., τίτλ., Am., lect., syn., men. (Wetstein, Scholz, Greg.).
27. Par. Nat. Gr. 115, Colbert. 6043 [xi, Greg. x], 6-¼ × 4-¾, ff. 460 (19), is Mill's Colb. 1. That critic procured Larroque's collation of Codd. 27-33 (a very imperfect one) for his edition of the New Testament. From John xviii. 3 the text is supplied, cotton chart. [xiv]. κεφ. t., pict., κεφ., τίτλ., Am., Eus. (syn., men. later), syn., pict. Extensively altered by a later hand (Wetstein, Scholz, Greg.).
28. Par. Nat. Gr. 379, Colbert. 4705 [xi], 9-1/8 × 7-1/8, ff. 292 (19), is Mill's Colb. 2, most carelessly written by an ignorant scribe; it often resembles Cod. D, but has many unique readings and interpolations, with “many relics of a very ancient text hereabouts” (Hort on Mark vi. 43, Introd. p. 242). Κεφ. t. (inaccurate), κεφ., τίτλ., Am., Eus., subscr. (lect. later), syn. Mut. in 334 verses, viz. Matt. vii. 17-ix. 12; xiv. 33-xvi. 10; xxvi. 70-xxvii. 48; Luke xx. 19-xxii. 46; John xii. 40-xiii. 1; xv. 24-xvi. 12; xviii. 16-28; xx. 20-xxi. 5; 18-25 (Scholz, Greg.).
29. Par. Nat. Gr. 89, Colbert. 6066 [xii, Greg. x], 7-1/8 × 5-½, ff. 169, is Mill's Colb. 3, correctly written by a Latin scribe, with very many peculiar corrections by a later hand. Lost leaves in the three later Gospels are supplied [xv]. Scholia, Eus. t., prol., κεφ., τίτλ., Am., Eus., subscr., syn., men. Mut. Matt. i-xv. Mill compares its text with that of Cod. 71 (Scholz, Greg.).
30. Par. Nat. Gr. 100, Colbert. 4444 [xvi, Greg. xv], 8-7/8 × 5-7/8, chart., [pg 195] ff. 313 (18), κεφ. (Gr. and Lat.), τίτλ., is Mill's Colb. 4, containing all the Gospels, by the writer of Cod. 70. In text it much resembles Cod. 17 (Scholz, Greg.).
31. Par. Nat. Gr. 94, Colbert. 6083 [xiii], 7-1/8 × 5-½, ff. 188, pict., κεφ. t., κεφ., τίτλ., is also Mill's Colb. 4, but contains all the Gospels with prayers. This copy has many erasures (Scholz, Greg.).
32. Par. Nat. Gr. 116, Colbert. 6511 [xii], 5-¾ × 4-¼, ff. 244 (21), prol., κεφ. t., κεφ., τίτλ., Am. (lect. and ἀναγν. later), is Mill's Colb. 5. It begins Matt. x. 22. Mut. Matt. xxiv. 15-30; Luke xxii. 35-John iv. 20 (Scholz). Mill misrepresented the contents of Codd. 30-32, through supposing that they contained no more than the small portions which were collated for his use.
*33. (Act. 13, Paul 17.) Par. Nat. Gr. 14, Colbert. 2844 [xi, Greg. ix or x], fol., 14-¾ × 9-¾, ff. 143 (52), κεφ., τίτλ., is Mill's Colb. 8, containing some of the Prophets and all the New Testament, except Mark ix. 31-xi. 11; xiii. 11-xiv. 60; Luke xxi. 38-xxiii. 26; and the Apocalypse. In text it resembles Codd. BDL more than any other cursive manuscript. After Larroque, Wetstein, Griesbach, Begtrup, and Scholz, it was most laboriously collated by Tregelles in 1850. There are fifty-two long lines in each page, in a fine round hand, the accents being sometimes neglected, and eta unusually like our English letter h. The ends of the leaves are much damaged, and greatly misplaced by the binder; so that the Gospels now stand last, though on comparing the style of handwriting (which undergoes a gradual change throughout the volume) at their beginning and end with that in the Prophets which stand first, and that in the Epistles which should follow them, it is plain that they originally occupied their usual place. The ink too, by reason of the damp, has often left its proper page blank, so that the writing can only be read set off on the opposite page, especially in the Acts. Hence it is no wonder that Tregelles should say that of all the manuscripts he has collated “none has ever been so wearisome to the eyes, and exhaustive of every faculty of attention.” (Account of the Printed Text, p. 162.)
The next eight copies, like Cod. H of St. Paul, belonged to that noble collection made by the Chancellor Seguier, and on his death in 1672 bequeathed to Coislin, Bishop of Metz. Montfaucon has described them in his “Bibliotheca Coisliniana,” fol. 1715, and all were slightly collated by Wetstein and Scholz.
34. Par. Nat. Coislin. 195, formerly 306 [xi, Greg. x], 11-¼ × 7-½, ff. 469 (22), Carp., Eus. t., prol., pict., κεφ., τίτλ., Am., subscr., στίχ.; “a grand folio, splendidly written and in splendid condition” (Burgon), from Mount Athos, has a catena (Victor's commentary on St. Mark) resembling that of Cod. 194. Fresh as from the artist's hand.