Crt./ \ / \ / \ / \ / Best Alexandrine Authorities.

\ / \ \ / Western.
\ / \ Greek Fathers / \ Memph.Theb.

/ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / || Alexandrine.

|| Western.
|| /\ The Sacred Autographs.
In accordance with the sketch here given we may present the history of the text, up to the time when it reached Tertullian, thus.

First we have the sacred autographs, which are copied for some time, we need not say immaculately, but without change on the points included in the above analysis.