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146. Luke xxiv 53 (after )

(α) BC*L me syr.hr

(β) D a b e ff vg.codd Aug

(δ) AC2XFHKMSUVΓΔΛΠ cu.omn c f q vg syr.vg-hl arm

&emsp;&ensp; aeth

This simple instance needs no explanation. The distribution of documents is fairly typical, δ having AC2X with the two Vulgates, the Italian Latin (and another MS containing a similar element), and two later versions; while the Æthiopic has an independent conflation in inverse order.

147. It is worth while to note at once the distribution of the chief MSS and versions with reference to the three classes of readings contained in these eight ternary variations. Only the first hand is taken into account, cursives differing from the main body are not noticed, and slightly aberrant readings are classed with those from which they deviate least. Several MSS and versions are too fragmentary to give more than faint indications of the origin of their texts within these narrow limits, and indeed for the rest of them the results can be only provisional.

148. Comparison of these eight variations strongly confirms the conclusion to which the independent evi-