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This codex, formerly known as Kenn. 126, is now designated as Sloane 4708. It originally belonged to Da Costa of Amsterdam, and is now in the library of the British Museum. It contains the later prophets. It has no Masoretic notes; but the Keri, vowels, and accents have been added by a later hand. According to Heidenheim, this codex was written between the 6th and 8th centuries; but Strack says, “Hunc codicem esse antiquum libenter concedimus, minime vero plus undecim saecula eum habere demonstratum est, cum e sola literarum figura de librorum Hebraicorum aetate accurate concludi nequeat.” Whatever may be the age, the Sloane codex contains a great many various readings as well as omissions. Thus, e.g., we notice:
Isa_1:30, òìéä , V.D.H. òìä . Isa_2:6, åëéìãé , V.D.H. åáéìãé . Isa_3:6,! éãé , V.D.H.! éã . Isa_3:18, éñéø àãðé éñéø éäåä Isa_4:4, éäåä àãðé , V.D.H. àãðé . Isa_6:5, åáúéòִ íèîà ùôúé omitted. Isa_7:14, äðä omitted. Isa_11:11, àãðé omitted. Isa_17:10, ðòîåðé , V.D.H., ðòîָðé . Isa_20:1, ñøâé omitted. Isa_25:11, äùçä omitted. Isa_27:9, éò÷á omitted. Isa_51:18, àùø éìãä , V.D.H. éãøä . Isa_53:11, éøàä and öãé÷ omitted. Isa_56:2, ùåîø ùáú îçììé omitted. Isa_56:7, áéú omitted. Isa_56:11, ùáòä åäîä ãòé íìà éãòå omitted. Isa_57:7, ù , V.D.H. ùîú . Isa_57:15, ìá omitted. Isa_57:18, ìå omitted. Isa_60:10,! éùøúåð omitted. Isa_60:19,! ì omitted. Isa_64:8, ðä omitted. Isa_65:3, àúé omitted. Isa_65:8, òáãé omitted.
These readings we have taken from Heidenhem's Deutsche Vierteljarsschrift fur engilsch-theologische Forschung und Kritik, where in 1, 268-274, 398-405, 553-562; 2, 73-79, the variations and omissions of this codex are noted down. See also Strack, Prolegomena Critica (Lips. 1873), p. 47. (B.P.)