*[+]150. Lond. Brit. Mus. Harl. 5598 [May 27, a.d. 995, Indict. 8], 13-¼ × 10-½, ff. 374 (21), 2 cols., Unc., mus. rubr., orn., written by [pg 337] Constantine, a priest, is Scrivener's H (Cod. Augiensis, Introd. pp. xlvii-l), for an alphabet formed from it see our Plate [iii]. No. 7. It was brought from Constantinople by Dr. John Covell, in 1677 (Evan. 65), and by him shown to Mill (N. T., Proleg. § 1426); from Covell it seems to have been purchased (together with his other copies) by Harley, Earl of Oxford. It is a most splendid specimen of the uncial class of Evangelistaria, and its text presents many instructive variations. At the end are several Lessons for special occasions, which are not often met with. Collated also by (Bloomfield), and facsimiles given by the Palaeographical Society, Plates 26, 27.
151. Lond. Brit. Mus. Harl. 5785 [xii], 12-½ × 9-½, ff. 359 (18), 2 cols., mus. rubr., orn., a splendid copy, in large, bold, cursive letters. At the end is a note, written at Rome in 1699, by L. A. Zacagni, certifying that the volume was then more than 700 years old. The date assigned above is more likely (Bloomfield).
[+]152. Lond. Brit. Mus. Harl. 5787 [x], 12-¼ × 9, ff. 224 (24), 2 cols., Unc., orn., the uncials leaning to the right, a fine copy, with small uncial notes, well meriting collation. Called “Codex Prusensis” [Prusa, near mount Olympus: Scholz's 171] in a MS. note of H. Wanley. It begins John xx. 20, and is mut. in. some other parts. For a facsimile page see the new “Catalogue of Ancient MSS. in the British Museum” (1881), Plate 17.
153. Meerman 117 [xi], see Evan. 436 ?, bought at Meerman's sale by Payne, the bookseller, for £200. Its present owner is unknown. (Compare Evan. 562.)
154. Munich, Reg. Gr. 326 [xiii], 12-3/8 × 9-7/8, ff. 49 (21), 2 cols., a fine fol., written very small and neatly, containing the Lessons from the season of Lent to the month of December in the menology, once at Mannheim. It seems adapted to the Constantinopolitan use.
[+]155. Vindobon. Caes. Gr. Theol. 209 [x], 8-½ × 6-½, ff. 143 (27), mus. rubr., pict., Unc., a palimpsest, over which is written a commentary on St. Matthew [xiv].
156. Rom. Vallicell. D. 4. 1 [xi], fol., ff. 380, 2 cols., described by Bianchini, Evan. Quadr., vol. ii. pt. i. p. 537; now missing. It must have been a superb specimen of ancient art: about thirty of its pictures are enumerated.
157. Oxf. Bodl., Clarke 8 [a.d. 1253], 8 × 6-¾, ff. 198 (23), 2 cols., 2 gatherings destroyed, and one leaf torn out. Written by Demetrius Brizopoulos, σαββατοκυριακαί, (see Evst. 24)[284]. (Greg.)
To Dean Burgon's care and industry we owe Codd. 158-178; 181-187.
158. Par. Suppl. Gr. 27 [xi, Greg. xii], 13 × 10-7/8, ff. 207 (24), 2 cols., mus. rubr., pict., beautifully illuminated: “Present de Mr. Desalleurs, ambassadeur pour le roy en 1753, remis par ordre de Mr. le Cte. d'Argenson le 7 Juillet, 1753,” (Greg. 261.)