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051 all extant minuscule it@g vg syz+h~h Copsa>bo armal, &$za is read
by C some manuscripts known to Irenaeus (who, however, says that
666 is found “in all good and ancient copies,” and is “attested by those
who had themselves seen John face to face”), and TyconiusPt. According
to Tischendorfs 8th cd., the numeral 616 was also read by two
minuscule manuscripts which unfortunately are no longer extant (nos.
5 and 11; cf. C. R. Gregory, Prolegomena, p. 676). When Greek letters
are used as numerals the difference between 666 and 616 is merely a
change fi-om