Laudiani Manuscript

(CODEX LAUDIANUS, so called because presented by archbishop Laud in 1636 to the University of Oxford, now in the Bodleian Library, where it is numbered 35), usually designated as E of the Acts, is a very valuable MS. of the Acts, with the Greek and Latin in uncial letters in parallel columns, the Latin words (which are neither Jerome's nor the Vulgate, but a closely literal version) always exactly opposite the Greek. It is defective at Ac 26:29-27:26. It is in size nine inches by seven and a half, and consists of 226 leaves of 23-26 lines. The vellum is rather poor, and the ink faint. There are no stops, and few breathings. It was probably written in the West during the sixth century. Readings were taken from it by Fell (1675) and Mill (1707). Hearne published the text in full: Acta Apostolorum Graeco-Latinae, literis majusculis (Oxon. 1715, 8vo); now very scarce. See Davidson, Bib. Crit. 2:293; Tregelles, in Horne's Introd. 4:187 sq.; Scrivener, Introd. page 128. SEE MANUSCRIPTS.