[Transcriber’s Note: This book contains much Greek text, which will not be well-rendered in plain text versions of this E-book. Also, there is much use of Greek characters with a vertical bar across the tops of the letters to indicate abbreviations; because the coding system used in this e-book does not have such an “overline”, they are rendered here with underlines.] DESCRIPTION OF THE CONTENTS OF THE LITHOGRAPHED PLATES(1). [Transcriber’s Note: The plates have been all placed in this section so that the extended comments for each can be with the plates themselves.] Plate I [Illustration.] Plate I. 1. (1) Alphabet from the Rosetta Stone [B.C. 196], a specimen of capitals. 2. (2) Alphabet from Cod. Sinaiticus, specimen of uncials. 3. (3) Alphabet from Cod. Alexandrinus, specimen of uncials. Plate II [Illustration.] Plate II. 1. (4) Alphabet from the Cotton Fragment (Evan. N) and Titus C. xv [vi], 2. (5) And from Cod. Nitriensis (Evan. R, Brit. Mus. Add. 17,211). Plate III [Illustration.] Plate II. 1. (6) Alphabet from Cod. Dublinensis (Evan. Z). 2. (7) From Brit. Mus. Harl. 5598 (Evst. 150), [A.D. 995]. 3. (8) From Brit. Mus. Burney 19 (Evan. 569). Note that above _psi_ in 2 stands the cross-like form of that letter as found in Apoc., B. [viii]. Plate IV [Illustration.] Plate IV. 1. (9) Extract from Hyperides’ Oration for Lycophron, col. 15, 1. 23, &c. (Ὑπερίδου Λόγοι, ed. Babington, 1853). Dating between B.C. 100 to A.D. 100, on Egyptian papyrus, in a cursive or running hand. λυντας τινα των πο|λιτων αδικως δεο|μαι υμων και ετωι|και αντιβολωι κε|λευσαι καμε καλεσαι|τους συνερουντας >. _See_ pp. 44, 51. 2. (10) Extract from Philodemus περὶ κακιῶν (_Herculanensium voluminum quae supersunt_, fol., Tom. 3, Col. xx. ll. 6-15). _See_ pp. 30, 33. οντως πολυμαθεστατον προς | αγορευομενον οιεται παντα | δυνασθαι γινωσκειν και ποι|ειν ουχ οιον εαυτον οσ ενιοισ | ουδεν τι φωραται κατεχων | και ου συνορων οτι πολλα δει|ται τριβης αν και απο τησ αυ|τησ γινηται μεθοδου καθα|περ τα τησ ποιητικησ μερη και | διοτι περι τουσ πολυμαθεισ. 3. (11a) Cod. Friderico-August. [iv], 2 Sam. vii. 10, 11, Septuagint: σεαυτων καθωσ αρ|χησ και αφ ημερῶ | ων εταξα κριτασ | επι τον λαον μου | _ισλ_ και εταπινω|σα απαντασ τους | εχθρουσ σου και | αυξησω σε και οι|. 4. (11b) Cod. Sinaiticus, א [iv], Luke xxiv. 33-4: τη ωρα ϋπεστρε|ψαν εισ ϊερουσα|λημ(2) και ευρον η|θροισμενουσ τουσ | ενδεκα και τουσ | συν αυτοισ λεγο|.