178. Ven. St. Mark i. 52 [xvi], 10-¼ × 7-½, ff. 276 (26), mus. rubr., chart., from Corfu. (See Greg. 272.)
*[+]179. (Apost. 55.) Trèves, Cath. Libr. 143. F [x or xi], 10-1/8 × 7-¾, ff. 202 (24), Unc., called St. Simeon's, and brought by him from Syria in the eleventh century, consists chiefly of Lessons from the Old Testament. It contains many itacisms and some unusual readings. Edited in 1834 by B. M. Steininger in his “Codex S. Simeonis exhibens lect. eccl. gr. dccc ann. vetustate insigne.” (Greg. 179.)
[+]180. Vindob. Caes. 209 [ix, Greg. x], 8-½ × 6-½, ff. 143 (27), Unc. and Minusc., mus. rubr., pict., a palimpsest, with many itacisms (Scholz, Endlicher). Readings are given by Scholz (N. T., vol. ii. pp. lv-lxiii). (Greg. 155.)
In the Treasury of the Church of St. Mark at Venice Burgon found, besides those just named, three others, nearly ruined by the damp of the place where they are kept.
181. Ven. St. Mark, Thesaur. i. 53 [xiii, Greg. xii], 11-¾ × 8-5/8, ff. ?, 2 cols., splendidly illuminated and bound in silver and enamel. Substitute this for Wake 12 (=Evan. 492), inserted in error as Evst. 181.
182. Ven. St. Mark, Thes. i. 54 [xii, Greg. xiii], 10-7/8 × 8-3/8, ff. ?, 2 cols., once a fine codex, now tied up in a parcel by itself. (Greg. 276.)
183. Ven. St. Mark, Thes. i. 55 [a.d. 1439], 13 × 10-1/8, ff. ?, 2 cols., chart., written by Sophronius at Ferrara, poor enough inside, but kept in a glass case for the sake of its gorgeous silver cover, which came from St. Sophia's at Constantinople. (Greg. 277.)
The next three are bound in red velvet, and in excellent preservation.
184. Ven. S. Giorgio di Greco Α᾽ [xiv, Greg. xii], 12-¼ × 10-¼, ff. 413 (21), 2 cols., is very splendidly illuminated, and was once used for the Greek service of this church. (Greg. 279.)
185. Ven. S. Giorgio di Greco Γ᾽ [xiv], 9-5/8 × 7-¼, ff. 240 (28). Professes to be Written by Νικολαος ὁ Μαλωtr, πρωτέκδικος τῆς ἁγιωτάτης μητροπόλεως Λακεδαίμονι. It seems to have been brought hither a.d. 1422. (Greg. 280.)