202. Brit. Mus. Addit. 14,774, formerly Praed. S. Marci 705 [xii], 10 × 8, ff. 278 (21), κεφ. t. (in red and gold), orn., κεφ., τίτλ., Am., Eus. (the last often omitted), lect., subscr., στίχ., men., syn. This splendid copy cost the Museum £84 (Bloomfield).
203. Flor. Bibl. Nat. Convent. i. 10, 7, formerly Praed. S. Marci 707 [xv], 8-5/8 × 5-¾, chart., is really in modern Greek. Birch cites it for John vii. 53, but it ought to be expunged from the list.
204. (Act. 92, Paul. 105.) [xi or xiii], Bologna, Bibl. Univ. 2775, formerly Bononiensis Canonicor. Regular. St. Salvador 640. After the suppression of the house in 1867, it was moved to its present place. 7-¾ × 5-3/8, ff. 443 (25). Syn., κεφ., ἀναγνώσματα numbered (without Am., Carp.), lect., pict. (Birch, Scholz, corrected by Burgon). Also τίτλ., men., subscr., στίχ.
Codd. 205-215, 217 in the Ducal palace at Venice, were slightly examined by Birch in 1783, carefully by Burgon in 1872, and by Gregory in 1886.
205. (Act. 93, Paul. 106, Apoc. 88.) Venice, Mark 5 [xv], large fol., 15-½ × 11, ff. 441 (55, 56), prol. (Cath., Paul.), κεφ. t., κεφ. (Gr. and Lat.), τίτλ., subscr., contains both Testaments, with many peculiar readings. It was written for Cardinal Bessarion (apparently by John Rhosen his librarian), the donor of all these books. This is Dean Holmes' No. 68 in the Septuagint, and contains a note in the Cardinal's hand: τόπος μκ. Ἡ θεία γραφὴ παλαιά τε καὶ νέα πᾶσα; κτῆμα Βησσαρίωνος Καρδηνάλεως Ἐπισκόπου Οαβινων τοῦ (sic) καὶ Νικαίας. By τόπος μκ Holmes understands the class mark of the volume in Bessarion's Library. W. F. Rinck considers it in the Gospels a copy of Cod. 209 (“Lucubratio Critica in Act. Apost. Epp. C. et P.,” Basileae, 1830). Burgon, who fully admits their wonderful similarity in respect to the text, judges that Cod. 205, which is much more modern than Cod. 209, was transcribed from the same uncial archetype.
206. (Act. 94, Paul. 107, Apoc. 101.) Ven. Mark 6 [xv or xvi], 15 × 10-5/8, ff. 431, like Codd. 69 and 233, is partly on parchment, partly on paper. It contains both Testaments, but is not numbered for the Apocalypse. A mere duplicate of Cod. 205, as Holmes saw clearly: it is his No. 122.
207. Ven. Mark 8 [xi or xii], 10-7/8 × 8-3/8, ff. 267 (22), 2 cols., Carp., [pg 220] prol., pict., κεφ. t., τίτλ., κεφ., Am. (not Eus.) in gold, syn., men., mut. in Matt. i. 1-13; Mark i. 1-11, for the sake of the gorgeous illuminations. Written in two columns. Once owned by A. F. R.
208. Ven. Mark 9 [xi or xii], 7-1/8 × 5-¾, ff. 239 (23), Carp., Eus. t., κεφ. t., κεφ., τίτλ., Am., Eus., of some value.
209. (Act. 95, Paul. 108, Apoc. 46.) Ven. Mark 10 [xi, xiv Greg.], 7-¾ × 4-¾, ff. 411 (27), of the whole New Testament, once Bessarion's, who had it with him at the Council of Florence, 1439. There are numerous minute marginal notes in vermilion, obviously primâ manu. In its delicate style of writing this copy greatly resembles Cod. 1 (facsimile No. [23]). Κεφ. t., τίτλ., κεφ., Am. (not Eus.), also the modern chapters in the margin. Prol. to Epistles, lect., but not much in the Gospels, before each of which stands a blank leaf, as if for pict. A good collation of Codd. 205 and 209 is needed; Birch did little, Engelbreth gave him some readings, and Fleck has published part of a collation by Heimbach. Rinck collated Apoc. i-iii. In the Gospels they are very like Codd. B, 1. The Apocalypse is in a later hand, somewhat resembling that of Cod. 205, and has prol. For the unusual order of the books, see above, p. [72].
210. Ven. Mark 27 [xi or xii], a noble fol., 14 × 11-7/8, ff. 372, with a catena (Victor's commentary on St. Mark). Mut. Matt. i. 1-ii. 18, from the same cause as in Cod. 207. Rich blue and gold illuminations, and pictures of SS. Mark and Luke. Τίτλ., κεφ., pict.