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MANUSCRIPTS AND VERSIONS. 133
All the extant mss of this version, which have been examined, belong
to one family. All omit the latter part of the Epistle to Polycarp,
ending abruptly at the words 'passibilem vero propter nos ut hominem.'
Moreover all reproduce the same errors, which are due to some
blundering scribe or scribes in the course of transmission. Zahn (prsf.
p. xxix) gives the following instances Magn. 3 'A{3eSSaSdv 'Ahab et
:
Dadan' (the proper names however being variously spelt); Philad. 3
tQiv Ka.KQ>v /3oTaviCv acrTtms 'a verbis malis quae' for 'ab herbis malis
quas'; Ephes. 6 opartKov 8e avSpa ' prospectorem autem verum' for
'virum'; Ephes. 10 dXixvpd 'falsa' for 'salsa'; zd. 19 darpa-.-xopos eyevovTo
'sidera corusca facta sunt', where 'corusca' should be 'chorus'.
Within this family, however, we might be tempted to discover two
sub-families; (i) those which have the simple headings {Regiii. 81,
Magdal. 76), and (2) those which agree in
the elaborate headings (the
remaining mss). On this supposition it would be our first impulse to
assign a later archetype to those which have the elaborate headings.
In this instance however the assumption would be wrong. There is no
special analogy between Regin. 81 and Magdal. 76, the former being the
best and the latter one of the worst of the extant mss. Nor would it be
correct to regard the more elaborate headings as an indication of a later
date here, as is
commonly the case. In the heading to Philippians
for instance, *De baptismo' must have been derived immediately from
the Greek Trcpl ^airTLcrixaTos, which is erroneous in itself and probably
originated in a marginal gloss (see in. p. 188).
This version is exceptionally slovenly and betrays gross ignorance
of the Greek language.
Frequently sentences are rendered without any
regard to the grammar of the original.
Two or three examples will
suffice, though they might be multiplied to any extent.
/xt}
ow dvaLo-drjTOL Zjxev Trj \
TOTTjTo avrov. eai' fiLfirja-qrai rjfxa'i nisi nos tentaverit. Secundum au-
KaOa 7rpa(T(rofi€v, ovk €ti
ecr/Aev. tem quod agimus, jam non erimus,
nos miseratus fuerit.
Afagn. 10. nisi ipse
Oavdrov Karccppovrjaav ' fJLLKpov Mortem contempserunt, parum diydp
etTretv vfip^tnv koX TrX-qytZv'
ov
centes esse injurias et plagas et alia
fx.'^v 8e, dXkd Koi fierd to cTrtSei^ai nonnuUa propter ipsum sustinere.
kavTQv K.T.X. Stfiyrn. 3. Nam et postquam ostendit se, etc.
o TTavra KaXwv kivwv ets Trjv avToG
Karaa-Ktv-qv'
ov
fx.€TayLvw(TKO}v
iirl
Ipse omnia evocans et movens in
suam praeparationem, non recognos-
[tw] TocrouTw KaKio' rj yap dv ov cans ;
in tantum enim mala erant
TTavra rjv Trovrypo, dW tTryaOiTO non omnia; malignus autem sentie-
K.T.X. Philipp. 4. bat etc.