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I. Codex argenteus in the University library of Upsala. The codex contained originally on 330 leaves the four Gospels in the order Matthew, John, Luke. Mark ; of which 187 leaves are still preserved.

II. Codex Carolinus, a codex rescriptus, in the library of Wolfenbiittel, This, consisting of four leaves, contains about forty-two verses of Chapters xí-xv of the Epistle to the Romans.

III. Codices Ambrosiani, five fragments (codices rescripti), in the Ambrosian library at Milan.

Codex A contains on ninety-five leaves fragments of the Epistles to the Romans, Corinthians, Ephesians, Galatians, Philippians, Colossians, Thessalonians, to Timothy, Titus, and Philemon ; and a small fragment of a Gothic Calendar.

Codex Β contains on seventy-seven leaves the second Epistle to the Corinthians complete, and fragments of thr.· Epistles to the Corinthians (first Epistle), Galatians, Ephesians. Philippians, Colossians, Thessalonians, to Timothy, and to Titus.

Codex C, consisting of two leaves, and containing fragments of Chapters xxv-xxvii of St. Matthew.

Codex D, consisting of three leaves, and containing fragments of the book of Nehemiah.

Codex E, consisting of eight leaves (three of which are in the Vatican at Rome), and containing a fragment of a commentary on St. John. See above.

IV. Codex Turinensis, in Turin, consisting of four damaged leaves, and containing fragments of the Epistles to the Galatians and Colossians.

V. Codex Gissensis, formerly in Giessen, now destroyed, discovered in Egypt near the ancient town of Antinoe. It consisted of a double sheet of parchment containing fragments from St. Luke in Latin and Gothic from a bilingual gospel.

For other fragments of Gothic which have come down to us see the article ' Gotische Literatur', by E. Sievers, in Paul's Grundriss der germanischtn Philologie, vol. ii, pp. 69, 70.

The following short list of books and articles will be useful to students wishing to pursue a further study of Gothic:— .. (i) The history of the Goths and the life of Ulfllas. Uber das Leben und die Lehre des Ulfila, by G. Waitz, Hannover, 1840. Uber das Leben des Ulfilas und die Bekehrung der Gothen zum Christentum, by W. Bessel, Gðttingen, 1860. Ulfilas, Apostle of the Goths, by Ch. A. A. Scott, Cambridge,



		Text 197 I. Codex argenteus in the University library of Upsala. The codex contained originally on 330 leaves the four Gospels in the order Matthew, John, Luke. Mark ; of which 187 leaves are still preserved. II. Codex Carolinus, a codex rescriptus, in the library of Wolfenbiittel, This, consisting of four leaves, contains about forty-two verses of Chapters xí-xv of the Epistle to the Romans. III. Codices Ambrosiani, five fragments (codices rescripti), in the Ambrosian library at Milan. Codex A contains on ninety-five leaves fragments of the Epistles to the Romans, Corinthians, Ephesians, Galatians, Philippians, Colossians, Thessalonians, to Timothy, Titus, and Philemon ; and a small fragment of a Gothic Calendar. Codex Β contains on seventy-seven leaves the second Epistle to the Corinthians complete, and fragments of thr.· Epistles to the Corinthians (first Epistle), Galatians, Ephesians. Philippians, Colossians, Thessalonians, to Timothy, and to Titus. Codex C, consisting of two leaves, and containing fragments of Chapters xxv-xxvii of St. Matthew. Codex D, consisting of three leaves, and containing fragments of the book of Nehemiah. Codex E, consisting of eight leaves (three of which are in the Vatican at Rome), and containing a fragment of a commentary on St. John. See above. IV. Codex Turinensis, in Turin, consisting of four damaged leaves, and containing fragments of the Epistles to the Galatians and Colossians. V. Codex Gissensis, formerly in Giessen, now destroyed, discovered in Egypt near the ancient town of Antinoe. It consisted of a double sheet of parchment containing fragments from St. Luke in Latin and Gothic from a bilingual gospel. For other fragments of Gothic which have come down to us see the article ' Gotische Literatur', by E. Sievers, in Paul's *Grundriss der germanischtn Philologie,* vol. ii, pp. 69, 70. The following short list of books and articles will be useful to students wishing to pursue a further study of Gothic:— .. (i) The history of the Goths and the life of Ulfllas. Uber das Leben und die Lehre des Ulfila, by G. Waitz, Hannover, 1840. Uber das Leben des Ulfilas und die Bekehrung der Gothen zum Christentum, by W. Bessel, Gðttingen, 1860. Ulfilas, Apostle of the Goths, by Ch. A. A. Scott, Cambridge,