The manuscript was formerly in the French Library of St. Genevieve, and was purchased by Harley, Lord Oxford, in 1724, now forming part of the Harleian Collection in the British Museum.

St. Matthew

The MS. was formerly in the French Library of St. Genevieve, and was purchased by Harley, Lord Oxford, in 1724, now forming part of the Harleian Collection in the British Museum. In the Bibliothèque Nationale of Paris there is now a MS. of very similar character which is assigned to the ninth century, and it is possible that the British Museum MS. may be of the same period, though there are many indications of its being the work of the preceding century.

IMPERIAL EDITION

THE

UNIVERSAL ANTHOLOGY

A COLLECTION OF THE BEST LITERATURE, ANCIENT, MEDIEVAL AND MODERN,
WITH BIOGRAPHICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES

EDITED BY

RICHARD GARNETT

KEEPER OF PRINTED BOOKS AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM, LONDON, 1851 TO 1899

LEON VALLÉE

LIBRARIAN AT THE BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE, PARIS, SINCE 1871

ALOIS BRANDL

PROFESSOR OF LITERATURE IN THE IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY OF BERLIN

Entered at Stationers' Hall

London, 1899

Droits de reproduction et de traduction réservé

Paris, 1899

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