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653
XVIII.
His researches are now published as the I r Cunningham Memoirs," No. VIII. of this Academy.
L. lB. AC,AD. TBANS. YOIa. XIX.-PART XYIII. 4
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354 REV. J. H. BERNARD.-----.fragments of an Uncial MS. of S. Cyril.
an exact copy of the letters that were visible. Seventy-six of such frag
ments were prepared and numbered. After some fruitless investigations,
I observed that the words TO M HT i OGN At, commencing a broken line,
were followed on the next line by the letters +WHCKZ NAB (Fol. G. vq),
which suggested to me that the sentence in the original document was
a quotation from Rom. xiv. 13, To jt rtOevat IrpooK011,Ua Tc a8EX0
o-Kav8aXov. This gave the number of letters on a line, viz. 26. On the
same fragment, a little higher up, arrowheads in the margin indicated
a quotation ; and the words ONOC, TICEI, NPI'YPItN, legible on the
scrap, suggested Exodus xxi. 33, 34, as the source of the quotation. This
was confirmed by the presence of the word A&KKOC (cf. Exodus xxi. 34
on other fragments. Thus it seemed likely that the passage was an
allegorical explanation, in the language of S. Paul, of the precept in
the Book of Exodus which enjoins that if a man digs a pit and the
ox or ass of his neighbour falls into it, the owner of the pit shall make
good the loss. And then the question was, does any Greek Father
explain Exod. xxi. 33 by an appeal to Rom. xiv. 13 The Greek
Fathers are so badly indexed (such of them at Ieast as have not been
edited by the Benedictines that some little time elapsed before I was
enabled to identify the fragment on which I had been engaged with a
passage from the treatise '' On Adoration in Spirit and in Truth," by
S. Cyril of Alexandria (p. 248, Aubert's edition). After this it was easy
to fit in the other fragments. No scrap with a square inch of writing
on it has escaped identification. We have fragments of ten or eleven
folios, nine of which are consecutive ; and in the case of five of these
enough fragments remain to show what the original column of writing
looked like. Autotype fac-similes are given of Folios F. vl, G. vy, H. vj,
I. v (Plates IX. to XII. ).
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REV. J. H. BEI NARD.--Frag?rnents of an Uncial MS. o f S. Cyril. 655
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f350 REV. J. H. BERNARD. -Fragments of an Uncial 318. of S. Cyril.
forms f1 ; e.g.
other conjunct
does not appear
Citations are m
fac-simile of F
then, is repres
be observed th
are designated
similes of Foil
nient his speec
the writing, w
marks, and th
the shapes of
papyrus appear.
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REV. J. H. BERNARD.---Fragments of an Uncial MSS'. of S. Cyril. 657
Cod. Marchalianus, ed. Cozza-Luzi : Rome, 18906. To the Prolegomena of this learned
work I owe some of the references given in this Paper.
t Scrivener states, in his Introduction to the Criticism of the N. Z'., p. 33, that the shape
of Z in Codex Z is -unique ; this is not accurate, as is shown above.
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658 REV. J. H. BERNArw. Fra ments of an Uncial MS. of S. Cyril.
and titles, just as the title-pages of our books are often printed in archaic
characters. In addition to the MSS. cited by Ceriani we find this peculiar
A in a fragmentary MS., known as T, of the Gospels, a fac-simile of a
scrap of which is given by Tischendorf ; and also in Codex Londinensis,
another fragment edited by the same great critic. Instances of its oc
currence are common in the Greek papyri which have come to light in
recent years ; e.g. it appears in one of the fac-similes recently published
by Wilcken from the Berlin Museum collection, as well as in the Rainer
papyri.
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REV. J. H. BERNARD.----Tra ments of an Uncial MS. of S. Cyril. 659
remarks, there is no ground for supposing the round form to be older than
the elliptical, at least in Egypt. We have, then, no good reason for
believing our papyrus to be later than Z, and may conclude that it was
written about the sixth century, certainly not later than A.D. 700--this date
coinciding with the most probable date of the Codex Marchalianus, which
it closely resembles. Our papyrus has indeed one mark of even greater
antiquity than the Codex Marchalianus, viz. the large initial letters of the
latter are entirely wanting in the former. Further, the writing does not
slope at all to the right, which was a habit that came in before the end of
the sixth century. Again, the breathing over vowels at the beginning of
a word occurs in only a few places (sea fac-simile of Fol. I. v ), and the
diacritical marks over I and Y are sometimes present, but more frequently
absent. It is possible that these wore added by a later hand. As in
Codex Z, the point indicating a pause in the sense stands indiscriminately
at the head, middle, or foot of the letters, no distinction being made be
tween a comma and a full stop.
early as 250 B.c., made the E and C oval, and shows a tendency to do so with both e and 0.
Anterior to this date there was also cursive ~writing in general use, in which these forms were
frequently oval. Thus the writers of the earliest Christian uncials had before them many
specimens of oval forms on papyrus, which they were more likely to copy than the circular
forms of inscriptions upon stone. Unless, therefore, other considerations can be adduced, this
particular test is not conclusive as to the age of a document. It may be true that the circular
forms, which were perhaps no more than a passing fashion, disappeared after a certain date ; it
is not true that the oval forms only came into existence, as degenerations from the round, in the
6th or 7th centuries of our era, for we can now show specimens of them in the 3rd century n.c.
These new facts strongly confirm the argument of the acute and learned Abbate Ceriani, con
cerning the age of the Codex Marchalianus."
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660 REv. J. H. BERNARD.-Fragments of an Uncial MS. of S. Cyril.
lines, and on each line about twenty-six letters ;; hence I have calculated
that the original MS. probably began with Book VI. of the De Adoratione.
Many of the Syriac MSS. of this treatise in the same way only give a part
of the work. How far our papyrus extended we, of course, do not know,
but the last leaf which I have identified contains scraps of the conclusion.
of Book VIII. ; it is the concluding folio of the quaternion which has the
signature IS or 16-a number which con firms the hypothesis that the MS.
began with Book VI.
This last leaf (Fol. K. in transcript is only written on one side, and
there is the beginning of a flourish, or simple arabesque, at the foot.
Also below the last line there are arrowheads >>> visible ; these are
apparently used as finials, just as in the Codex Sinaiticus.
The original size of the sheet of papyrus was 12 inches by 15, and the
breadth of the column of writing is 4 2 inches. The papyrus is of fine
quality, but seems to have been covered with a kind of size, or gum : its
brittleness may very possibly be due to this intermixture, as was supposed
to be the case with the Latin papyri found at Herculaneum. Some tiny
fragments of vellum, covered with minute writing, apparently Latin, were
used in the binding. Whether they are of equal antiquity with the MS.
itself can hardly now be determined ; the Cl1ILraetor of the writing on the
vellum is certainly ancient, but there arc not enough letters left to
enable us to make any reliable inference as to its date. It is quite possible
that the MS. was rebound at the time that the corrections of which
I have spoken were made,
TctTOXp,qO-TOVKatcocrfEPOIOCKW8LCU, &c.,
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REV. J. H. BERNARD.---Fragments of an Uncial MS. of S. Cyril. 661
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FOLlo E. rp.
P. 246 D.
TW N K1 TDsrEN aCO?KEt(OV-gyovv
KaeETEPONTI v&TPnirovEyyvsyEyo
NaTct)N KiiJTOTHCflPoaavrovoKa
OTHTOCovoaIrEITXOVT-gKOTCOV
AHCOMEVOVEKKhqO-cacTEKvaEXE v
EvYCIOTay-gKata?ro8ct6mro rpa
rjh?TH CEVovorgsavrwEVLEtKELasxaL
lStOYotKOvirposTrwacovKot
ALaTOVTOC -qo-LvovoILoSGJSEv?Ta
> NH AtOoLsXiOo/3ohflarETaioTav
> TOYo8EKvpwosTovTavpovaOwoc
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FOLIO E. va.
P. 247 A.
fl aL&crKr)vl3?PyVPIOYTPIAKONTA
MpaXtkaAWCEITWKYPIWAYTW
KatoravpocXl Oo1C3oX-qo ETAIb?PACOI
o-ac ESTOXprga-?W8r?ga.
3 ova-dbo8pa.
a aOpEC87jovvopb fl/LtKa17rPOrETW'
aXX(OvELSVOVVEXETON i EPWTD?
Tov?ravXovco 8 cyEyp&+07-a,uH
TIapELKaCELTOVV$pU TT'Y)NTE
Ka1aXaCOVaKat1TXEOVEKTEA CXY
ayEp(oXovToCCOOVKaLTr&vOEE NO
etcaXK-gVKai8vo oca-rovEXEITH
Eoo8oPTov8 rotovroN E1 rE
IT()sKaTEGvyp EvoSTCc)vocLOYP
yEty-q pr//.ceZWVTLVLITapaAVVCEI
K. T. X.
o Tavpos is not in the received text, but is in the LXX in this passage (Exod. xxi. 32).
663 5A2
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FoLro F. rq.
P. 247O.
J 1ICKOITOKotvWN000YrAPHMW
ErKAHMTaTaETEPWNEIAb OPAIb OYT
rENOIToTvxovECeIEINOEOYKEATh Y
POvTaKpEaTOTO I M HXPH N aETb
AaXEtvTrgsE`T'EPC N D,K)kE)&Pcrtasws
Evrv7rc?T W KATATH N BP ocn
a OvyKaTa&&Ka?Eo-OaL8ETW MOCXW
DES&KaW)KETov8ECfOTHNEJ nEP
FL 8EL)TO7rh7flh EXHESENKb?iMA
OW NEAEyXoiroT,gPirAEON EjI &
Torbpb nELpyEv8vvaCOAITrgCA
A I K I ACTOYsTpo7rovsKa tKaTaKC
t AOYE LN EvpaXaro7TAlwp.EXEs
EIT&Tov,ro8pavOYK&NEXEcreacKaG
AIAvEQ-'TroYL b CMEN WCsovov
OYxuKatcrYN E I Pfl?CM EN ovairo4a
ivELTOVANON " KAIOCONIgKEVELs
OeX' o NKAITbYTOBOYAiavrots
EBEXOVC1 N A NOCI ovprECVKaca-vv
EK?TOVE I N'Y pljGEVOvT EVvaTw
&)OVVOTOWO8EC )7OOcv7rX-qVE1
MI XvTpaKaWTacEVyETOVTOC'gC-q
M LacE1TtOELEVOIKptTat$XE1TEL
&ovo ,osirpoCTOXPH o-TOVKata-vv
oY'T inserted by the .Later corrector ; the original MS. omitted rov before Tavpov.
t The corrector has drawn two lines through the 0 in KWXOVEty, which is a mistake of the
ori&al scribe.
I There are traces of a letter or two on the papyrus at the beginning of the last line ; but I
have not been able to identify them with any of the letters occurring here in the received text.
664
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Irr
.i~~~~ : .- vjet+'
7I +. - "
j'AL If,
. -4 g-
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FOLIO. F. vj. (PLATE IX.).
P. 248 A.
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FOLIO G. rh.
P. 248 C.
KoXaCETa18EOVK
TaETra/-t?otvoTtv
oot-r?lv4>vcrtvoL
i-avTITWCAMEcbAAECT1Tobrio
EvvirEPDXHTH 7rvaTLK,lcatevTOI C
TrgsapET-qCY WM&CIKWn&p&,rw
Oco-rtI op WCKAtENYlOYTAAEtyEV
EU`OaLKatOYr&TPoC' K& I T OavOp
c ITLvovTEKbJ tOYAon PEIrEsvIrEp
oyco-OaAETPON OCIOYpyeuv
8Eovo cogK&IAr&nHsEXEcrOatTr?s
EtSa8EXOOvCKA f KA4ErEpovsrq jC
tvEta-? yEtTal TPO n OYCovcKa1
TTa paOEVTESE4EAr7 STOEtcVOVV
'gKOVEubEKaUT(1EpOV/EVEcrq yap
TraX tvEavSETtsavote XaKKOV
fXaTOoL flv-r)XaKKOV KaUmH K&AY
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A)
SI x
tA
I'JW II
Tit
fl CT7%
I. '! pr 4
:kTit. ;YPrAIr1.u
.
fi i 11
>atMrilT
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FOLIO G. ve. (PLATE X.)..
P. 248 E.
?Pyvpcovairo8coo-ELTwKVpucoavTov
TOAST EBvrgKOcEO~Tacavm avaOpw
Received text has KaOa before c/np nv. Its omission in the IIS. is apparently a blunder
of the scribe.
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F oLl o H. ro
', 249 0.
'-rgSayiaSKacocoovo-LovTPI &AOC
XoyovKatTOVKaTaX N MYCTH Pl OY
TH7.)EL8-qO-LVKELTb l rPW Cf EP
EvRaOELravTLKAJZWOnOIONE
XELT'gvSVvaM IN K& I M b PTYPH
CEI AEycwvav-roCOCH P AYTHL EE
CTtvqaLWVwcZWH INArINW
crK(cTU `ET0v,uoNONb Afl01NO"
E vKacovairEc-TElAe CINXN *OYKOY?'
ocrvyyPaF,uaa paNTOI CAPXbJ O
riEpo I CENTvXcovKbJ CYM n0N W
1roAYf PayovcovragsGEOfl NEY
a-TOYrP2 4-qcTOYCAOyOYC KaIT,qva
KP1 BHTEK&MKl/30HAovr
NWCcvb?Nb ZHTW v7ToXXlvav
ExoLT ?NEM+EPELav7rposyETOv
opvrroNT&A&KKov flrEl
ya pv&)pCW07ocovKaL7rrq rH-
Ev0paLvovcravK& I XE I,caPPOY'
rpv0lso8EyEElCTOYTOAOLiro-
crVVECrEWca+l rMENoswsKattSta
8vvacsOacfl &Pa8ovvaco-vyypa
Orq,rovi cvrrTrq pcovTOVXoyovAa
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Ila r
Or.
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7. IS I
Nit .
i ..IL l T J'
MkI
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p; tA *5N'
a t4 Put JAMi
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FOLIO H. Vk. (PLATE XI.).
> ,b >
P. 249 E.
TopELhauKovKaLNOYPrEI rb P
wo-iTEpOvTOLcETEpW NIIPWCIN
ErroLKo8o,cwvaAAATOI C1L?10I C
E&YTOvTEKaLETEpoYCW $EIS W N
OPYTTOYo 8zXaKKOYCCvNTETPI M
MENOvcKaTaTvTOVIrpO4 gTOv
xW N H N KazoLTr?s?EV8c)vv,cov
rN W CEW C E pao-TauELTL-ToLvvv
OPYJEIEAb KKovacqbaXt iCUW
4HCINMHAPATICcvoXEBpovrE
NOITOTPOf OCTOrcaXwchLpyav-OA
a?OKOYN 4. L??E r&P-q u&COPOWC
TEKb Ib r1HKPIBcojiEvwcTONEl
P10Yn0IEICe&1Xoyovcoc H8E
N I EN ECbJr1Poo-Kojc,uarosrlPO
bACIN Kb?ITovTooq atECTLTO
lWMAEfIKECo-OautWAAKK TO
TH CK??4H KOvCH C acr?aAEI ACH
anol PEI NTONAOrOveb?N r&P7E
t or7dbnN HBOYCHONOCxOfE7ro
1gKwSaf OTICEI BOYPLIEKAIovov
ovoliacELflbftIN . OYXa7TAWCaXX
WsEvXoyWBb eEI Ka43ovvuEv
dv cn,vLvavoHC'gSTO1EpOVTEKa&Ka
E &PON rENOC ' ovov8avacrvvrgs
ToaN I EPON KA I AKaOapTovovyap
7rpocrarETA I KAT AvomovELsOvcrLavOo.
ToaKaOapTOVLEPONAEyEVOSKaUKa
OapovELvat4ap ENTOVSrgyIaO LEVOVc
Received text has yEVEOBaL o xav& Itov irpocacnv. The letters 7rp appearing after yEvEo ?aL
i i our MIS. lead me to conjecture that it had pooKo aa-ros for o-rcav&aAov.
t Received text has fno-t f3ovs -q, etc.
EL. IB ACAD. TRANS., VOL. XXlX.---PART XVIII. 5 B 669
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FOLIO I. rn.
P. 250 B.
HAHA ?T Hszr-ca-TEwsavcEpONAE
K&IAK OapTovrovSovirwKEKaeb P
/EVOVc&caTOVaycov)Sa7rTW7haT
OSaXX EYTET?7yf.LEVOVEXovTESE?
?T-gsaM&PTI&CTOV oXvcrsovo,
MocovOYN WCE1XEyoLECTCyEvoi
TOBAb BOCH fl EptTIvaTwvri8'q/3E
BZJ1TICMEN wvKaLxaTEcr ?payco ,E
NWNi Ib,THCXapLTOCEICOccEtozq
TD?TH N )Cn PooOvH rOYzacrwva
TYXO NTW N ovirwrO I QYTwvo
hA H CE 1A 1 Kr?voTOVO-Kav8 aho v
n PO?ENOCKacavTw, ?tEvELToTEeNH
KOC . TOYT ECnvavrovyevi7o-ET 1 1
TOYn &eo NTocoOavaro sao-???AI
ZED &IAEK&IavTOsoo-,qp-q,rtagXLcyW'
t 7 OCE&NOYcrKav8aXt rH EN ATW N
> MIKPWNTovTowir vnICTEY
fAHj MEAtLNK1?IT0YT0E1Ca?L?EA
4OYcrTOyaprvf TE1 NAYE'W N aa-OE
NOYCANTHvovwEi8-qCl NEICXv
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FOLIO I. vl. (PLATE XII.).
P. 250 D.
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Fouo K. re.
P. 266 B.
aEWpcavHyMEvHl'1N IKHNTOIC
jLXo,uaOWLXpELW4ECTb TH . K&i rov
> E+aTKEVOO poTI n aa-rP& m Mb
> TEvsfaOfrEvOECsTp f3a rLXELb
> TW vovvcovo j oloowwrwaN W
> r1AOYa t(ooO-TccEK$MAEtEKTOY
> 4Ha-avpovavrovKa&NAKaor'aX&I&
Ka&vaXEywvrb EYayycXLaKaLflb
AacaSETaEvvOM W TrgvmVXco
rvwa-ivuN ovKayEPvu,s
CYvEi4EPovra
NOTE.-The doxology which concludes this book, according to the textus recept
apparently omitted in the MS , but there may possibly have been some abbreviati
senting it. On the reverse side of this folio there is nothing but the signature 1S, sho
that it is the last folio of the 16th quaternion.
672
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