Acts of Archelaus (Acta Archelai)

period; besides t (= tus), the fourth and sixth scribes also use t with a hook standing above the line; the latter scribe uses t with an s written above it; besides the usual m-stroke, the sixth scribe uses a double hook that stands on the line. In the reading estis (p. 18, 18) for est Iesus (= IS with a stroke above it), the remains of a very old abbreviation for Iesus are hidden. IS will also have to be assumed in the appendix of M (98, 25)1.

The difference between the two ligatures of ti is carefully observed; if a scribe uses the simple form by mistake, it is always corrected to the epsilon form either by the scribe himself or by the corrector.

The orthography changes with the different scribes. The first distinguishes himself from all others by the following forms: mannes, mannichaeus, moyses, aput (the other scribes always give manes, moses, apud), and in isolated cases from one or the other. The practice of the scribes can perhaps be viewed most conveniently through the following, somewhat arbitrary scheme:

Vowels: I, defetigatis 3, 4; ingemescentes 3, 11; lacrymas 3, 19; diuorsoria 5, 10; paradisus 18, 15 (but paradysum 53, 18); paracletus 19, 18; 24, 3 (also 52, 32, but paraclitus 37, 1; 43, 3, otherwise always paraclytus); contrauersiam 27, 31: II, discriba 34, 6; distructa 40, 19; audimitur 41, 17; adsteterit 44, 11; tiberio 44, 22; tyberio 45, 4. 13: VI, misteriorum 59, 28; hylares 62, 16; gazophilacio 70, 4. 5; perstetit 78, 30; uendicare 90, 14.

t, d: I, athibita (corr.) 3, 32; athibetur 21, 28; ad (= at corr.) 4, 6; ipsud 18, 21; quod (= quot) 21, 30: II, inquid 40, 31; 45, 21: VI, capud 54, 26.

f, ph: I, orfani 4, 15; elefantia corum 15, 23: II, fera (= sphera) 37, 14; orfanos 44, 25; orfani 44, 26; farao 50, 17: IV, farao 53, 32; farisaeis 54, 8: VII, faraonis 75, 11; spera (= sphera) 92, 2.

h: I, besides humeris 3, 24, umeris 11, 22; umero, umerum 12, 16; nichil hominus 24, 31; 33, 8 (so also II, 35, 6) but nichilominus 38, 18: II, edum 40, 35; 42, 24; abeo 46, 26; abere 46, 28; odiernum 51, 14; on the other hand hierit 44, 10; habraam 46, 11 (abraam 66, 17; 69, 7, otherwise always abraham); honeribus 50, 18: VII, geenna 59, 33 (otherwise always gehenna); exorresco 68, 2; ac (= hac) 86, 24; on the other hand hac = ac 66, 28; habundabit 66, 5; his 74, 2; honus 82, 18; honerari 93, 25; his 96, 1.

p: I, peremtorum 4, 3; tentaret 5, 2 (otherwise tempto); sumsi 8, 18; sumsit 12, 19: II, contenserint 51, 6.

1) Cf. p. XVIII note 2 and XXIX.