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CONTENTS OF INTRODUCTION
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| 189. | Two stages in the Greek Syrian text indicated by minor differences of reading, the first being probably followed by the Syriac revision, the second alone being perpetuated in Greek | 137 |
| 190. | The first Syrian revision of uncertain date, between 250 and 350: possibly made or promoted by Lucianus of Antioch in the latter part of Cent. iii | 137 |
| B. 191—193. Mixture in the fourth century | 139—141 | |
| 191. | Destruction of early texts under Diocletian, and diffusion of mixed texts to the loss of local peculiarities through the circumstances of Cent. iv | 139 |
| 192. | Similar mixtures in Latin texts, with revisions in partial accordance with Greek MSS, sometimes containing a Syrian text | 140 |
| 193. | Similar mixtures, with progressive disappearance of the Pre-Syrian texts, in patristic texts of this period | 140 |
| C. 194, 195. Final supremacy of the Syrian text | 141—143 | |
| 194. | Notwithstanding the long persistence of mixed texts, eventual triumph of the (almost unmixed) Syrian text; | 141 |
| 195. | due partly to the contraction of the Greek world, and the destruction of copies by invaders in outlying regions, partly to the centralisation of Greek Christendom round Constantinople, the heir of the Syrian text of Antioch | 142 |
| D. 196, 197. Relics of Ρre-Syrian texts in cursives | 143—145 | |
| 196. | Substantial identity of text in the mass of cursives, along with sporadic, or occasionally more extensive, occurrence of Pre-Syrian readings in some cursives | 143 |
| 197. | Such readings in effect fragmentary copies of lost ancient MSS | 144 |
| E. 198. Recapitulation of the history of the text | 145, 146 | |
| 198. | Continuous course of textual events from the rise of the Western text to the attempt made to remedy the confusion of texts by the Syrian revision, and the disappearance of the unmixed Pre-Syrian texts; and thence to the gradual supersession of rival mixed texts by the Syrian text of Constantinople | 145 |
| Section IV. Relations of the principal extant documents to the chief ancient texts (199—223) | 146—162 | |
| A. 199, 200. Nature of the process of determination | 146—148 | |
| 199. | Application of the history to criticism of readings begins with determination of the ancient text or texts represented by each principal document | 146 |
| 200. | The process of finding by readings of clearly marked attestation whether a document follows this or that ancient text, or a mixture of two, or a mixture of more | 147 |
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