Church History (Historia Ecclesiastica)

[... 6439] the year notation indiction 14. The scribe names himself on fol. 276, at the end of the Basilikos, before the Vita Const., thus at the same place as in b: remember George the reader, the sinner. I first became aware of the manuscript through Reitzenstein; later I examined it myself in Rome. Its content is the same as that of β; the fact that it, like b, contains the Oratio ad sanctum coetum Oration to the Assembly of the Saints as the fifth book of the Vita Const., which is missing in β, does not speak against its dependence on β; for here, as Heikel states on p. XV, the oration has been torn out, and he could have used this manuscript directly as a replacement for β.

pp. 198.13–202.18 exact agreement with Bβ and β alone; the deviations show that the manuscript is the copy and not the original of β: 198.14 ἐνγκεχειρήσται has been entrusted. 16 ἔχειεν [sic] corrected from ἔχειν. 17 τοῦ θεοῦ of God added later (attempt at a dogmatic correction). 21 εἶδον they saw; προφάσι pretext. 24 τὰ the added by correction. 200.6 ἀντιλλάξαντο they exchanged. 15 τοῦτο this; γὰρ for. 18 ἀφιλέσθαι to take away. 202.15 φρικώτατον most terrible corrected to φρικτώτατον.

pp. 354.15–358.15 likewise; deviations from Bβ and β: 354.15 τοῦτουσ these (without δέ). 19 ἐζήλουν they were zealous; ἐπί upon (for ἐπεί since). 356.19 αἱρωτήσεισ questions.

D = Codex Parisinus 1433 [F in Heikel; for the Church History, the manuscript was not used by me before], parchment, s. XI/XII. The appendix on pp. 796–797 and the book on the Palestinian martyrs are missing. The format and ductus of the script are similar to the Laurentianus E. The breathings are often missing, itacisms are very frequent. At least two correctors have been active, who cannot be safely distinguished. The manuscript was collated by me in Rostock. Due to the loss of leaves, the beginning up to p. 44.3 is missing [cf. the apparatus], furthermore a large piece of the fifth book [cf. the apparatus p. 396 and 430] and the end, see below. Following the Church History, which closes on fol. 180r, comes, as in B, Vita Const. 2.24–42; fol. 183v breaks off with and showing harmonious honor [p. 59.20]; Theodoret's Church History follows.

M = Codex Marcianus [Venice] 338 [H in Burton], from the library of Cardinal Bessarion, parchment, at the earliest s. XII. The appendix on pp. 796–797 and the book on the Palestinian martyrs are missing. The manuscript is written in columns and a steep script, like the Laurentianus T; its ancient impression, however, rests on imitation. Of all old manuscripts of the Church History, it is the most incorrect; the infrequent corrections seem mostly to originate from the scribe. The manuscript was collated by me in Venice; a collation by Hollenberg, which the late Bradtke had left to me, served me well in the check. The text begins on fol. 4r; old quaternion numbers are found [B] fol. 12r, Γ fol. 20r, Δ fol. 28r, Z fol. 52r, Θ fol. 68r.