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CONTENTS OF INTRODUCTION
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CHAPTER III. RESULTS OF INTERNAL ΕVIDENCE OF GROUPS AND DOCUMENTS (256–355) |
187–271 | |
| Section I. Documentary Groups as limited by reference to Primary Greek MSS generally (256—280) | 187—206 | |
| A. 256—260. General considerations on Documentary Groups | 187—191 | |
| 256. | Internal Evidence of Documents already taken into account for the great ancient texts, in reference to their internal character; | 187 |
| 257. | and this process equally applicable to any group of documents that recurs in isolation from the rest, | 188 |
| 258. | on the assumption that the text of the group is homogeneous | 189 |
| 259. | Isolation a necessary condition, because readings attested by other documents as well as by the group exhibit the character not of the group's special ancestor but of an earlier ancestor of all | 189 |
| 260. | Virtual identity of groups found to be compatible with a certain amount of variation in their composition | 190 |
| B. 261—264. Progressive limitation of Groups with reference to Primary Greek MSS | 191—194 | |
| 261. | Groups worthy of attention found to be comparatively few, being marked by the presence of one or more primary Greek MSS | 191 |
| 262. | Enumeration of primary Greek MSS | 192 |
| 263. | Internal excellence of readings attested by all the primary Greek MSS; | 193 |
| 264. | or by all except D or D2G3 | 193 |
| C. 265—267. Relation of Primary Greek MSS to other documentary evidence | 194—196 | |
| 265. | The need of determining whether Primary Greek MSS can be decisive as to a reading opposed by all or nearly all other documents of any class | 194 |
| 266. | The chief means of determination (a) Internal Evidence of the Groups thus formed by Primary Greek MSS, to be discussed hereafter, and (b) the textual character of the several classes of secondary documents, to be considered now | 195 |
| 267. | Important fragmentary documents to be noticed in variations for which they are extant, that it may be ascertained whether their absence has to be allowed for elsewhere | 196 |
| D. 268. Absence of Secondary Greek MSS from Groups containing Primary Greek MSS | 196, 197 | |
| 268. | The large amount of various mixture in all secondary Greek MSS sufficient to account for their opposition to many genuine readings of Primary Greek MSS | 196 |
