The later manuscripts of the Greek Testament, written in cursive characters from the tenth down to the fifteenth century or later, are too numerous to be minutely described in an elementary work like the present. We shall therefore speak of them with all possible brevity, dwelling only on a few which present points of especial interest, and employing certain abbreviations, a list of which we subjoin for the reader's convenience[225].
Abbreviations used in the following Catalogue.
Act. MS. of Acts and Catholic Epistles.
Am. Ammonian Sections (so-called) in the margin of MSS.
Apoc. MS. of the Apocalypse.
Apost. MS. of Apostolos.
Ἀναγν. Ἀναγνώσματα or ἀναγνώσεις, readings or lections: here marks of the lections in the margin or at the head or foot of pages, or the computation of them at the end of the book.
Argent. Written in silver letters, either capitals or all.
Ἀρχή and τέλος, see Lect.
Aur. Written in gold letters, either capitals (l. l.) or all.