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The first is in bright red, with breathings and accents, and con- tains Gen. i. 1, 2, Sept. (Ev apyri iiroiriaiv o Off rvv 6v \ pavbv KM rf]V yfjv ; St y/j >}v do \ paroo KO.I aKaraaKtvaaroa ' \ Kai OKOTOO iiravu rija afivaoov.). The second specimen is in common ink, and contains Acts xx. 28 (Hpoat\trt tavrour KUI iravn ru \ iroifti'utt' iv (t> vftaa TO -KVO. TO \ ayiov (.Biro nriffKOTrovff ' \ iroi/iai- vitv TT\V iKK\t)mav I ron KV Jjv TrtpifiroirjaaTO Sia \ rov aiparoc TOV A favours nvpiov versus Stov.

��the Sinaitic MS., but not so complete. It was apparently copied in Egypt by a skilful and critical scribe, and brought to Rome shortly after the establishment of the Vatican Li- brary by Pcpe Nicholas V. in 1448 ; perhaps (as Dr. Scriv- ener conjectures) by the learned Cardinal Bessarion, who laboured for the reunion of the Greek and Latin churches. It was entered in the earliest catalogue of that library, made in 1475. It contains the whole Bible as far as and including

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