The palimpsest Homer of the British Museum, discovered by Mr. Cureton, is of equal importance in Grecian palæography.
In the case of the "de Republicâ," they are written in the same direction. See facsimiles in Sylvestre and Ferdinand Seré.
"Iliadis Fragmenta antiquissima cum Picturis," ed. Angelo Maio.
Petri Lambecii "Commentaria de Bibliotheca Vindobonensi," vol. ii.
The Bible formerly belonging to Theodore Beza, now at Cambridge, and one in the Vatican, are rival claimants to this honour.