Clement of Alexandria I: Protrepticus and Paedagogus

f. 173^r—181^r [Justin] Epistle to Zenas and Serenus.
f. 181^r—205^r [Justin] Exhortation to the Greeks.
f. 205^r—226^v Tatian.
f. 226^v—237^v [Justin] Exposition of the Right Faith.
f. 238^r one page from Tatian, beginning with "...of them and their record" (p. 42, 15 Schwartz).
f. 238^v—265^v Athenagoras, Supplication for the Christians.
f. 266^r—288^v Athenagoras, On the Resurrection.
f. 288^v—294^v "From the works of Firmianus Lactantius the Roman on the Sibyl and the rest." Starts: "Since the recent..." ends: "...the human race; the voiceless—" (See Lact. ed. Brandt II p. 158). Following this: "Thus he said: 'There will come also of the blessed'" (Sibylline Oracles V 107) ends: "...I cast these voiceless things. And after other things."

Quaternion numbering is found only from f. 238 onwards. This leaf bears the number λα' 31 in the upper right corner. From here the numbering proceeds regularly up to κς' 26 on f. 286, but this quaternion has only 7 leaves, f. 286—292. The preceding 236 leaves (except for the first leaf, which was added later) comprise 30 quires, of which the 14th has only 7 leaves and the 29th only 4 leaves; all others have 8 leaves. In addition, there is a single leaf, f. 237.

On f. 2^r, at the top right, stands the signature "292 charte" 292 leaves between two parallel lines. This type of signature is found in all manuscripts from the library of Albertus Pius; see Cavedoni, Memorie di religione, di morale e di letteratura, Third Series, Vol. XVII, Modena 1854, p. 226. From the number 292, it appears that the first leaf with the index and the three final leaves were added only at the Biblioteca Estense, whereas at that time the last quaternion was still complete.

The text is written by four hands:

1. The index on f. 1 and the conclusion of On the Sibyls on f. 293 and 294 derive from a very recent hand.

2. f. 2—237^v is written by a very old hand, likely from the beginning of the 11th century.

3. f. 238^r—288^v is written by a roughly contemporary hand, which is very similar to that of Laur. Conv. Soppr. 77.

4. f. 288^v—292 stems from a slightly younger hand, which is likely identical to that of Laur. V 3.

Schwartz and Allen consider f. 238—288 to be the remainder of an older manuscript, the lost part of which was later replaced by f. 2—237. But the scholia show that both parts were rather copied from P at approximately the same time.