Claromontanus

Codex Claromontanus (about A.D. 400).

The Codex Claromontanus. A stichometric catalog from the third century is inserted between Philemon and Hebrews in this sixth century Greek-Latin manuscript of the epistles of Paul. The list does not have Hebrews, but neither does it have Philippians and 1 and 2 Thessalonians, and so many scholars have supposed that these four books dropped out by an error of transcription, the scribe's eye jumping from the end of the word ephesious (Ephesians) to the end of ebraious (Hebrews). Besides the books indicated on the table the list includes the apocryphal Acts of Paul. The English text below is from Metzger.

Stichometric list^(a) appearing between Philemon and Hebrews.

Genesis has lines 4500	first book2300
Exodus 3700	second book 2300
Leviticus 2800	fourth book 1000
Numbers 3650	Judith 1300
Deuteronomy 3300	Esdras 1500^(d)
Joshua of Nun 2000	Esther1000
Judges 2000	Job 1600
Ruth 250	Tobias 1000
Kings:^(b)	Gospels:
first book 2500	Matthew 2600
second book 2000	John 2000
third book 2600	Mark 1600
fourth book 2400	Luke 2900
Psalms of David 500	Epistles of Paul:
Proverbs 1600	To Romans 1040
Ecclesiastes 600	To Corinthians 1 1060
Song of Songs 300	To Corinthians 2 70^(e)
Wisdom	To Galatians 350
Wisdom of Jesus 2500^(c)	To Ephesians 365^(f)
Twelve Prophets:	To Timothy 1 209
Hosea 800	To Timothy 2 289
Amos 410	To Titus 140
Micah 310	To Colossians 251
Joe l90	To Philemon 50
Obadiah 70	-To [sic] Peter 1 200^(g)
Jonah 150	To [sic] Peter 2 140
Nahum 140	Of James 220
Habakkuk 160	Of John 1220
Zephaniah 160	Of John 220
Haggai 110	Of John 320
Zechariah 660	Of Jude 60
Malachi 200	-Of Barnabas 850
Isaiah 3600	Revelation of John 1200
Jeremiah 4070	Acts of the Apostles 2600
Ezekiel 3600	-Shepherd 4000
Daniel 1600	-Acts of Paul 3560
Maccabees:	-Revelation of Peter 270

^(a) A "stichometry" is a table which gives the number of stichoi or lines of text (counting usually sixteen syllables as a line) for any series of books. This information was used by ancient scribes in quickly checking manuscripts for completeness.

^(b) First and Second Samuel and First and Second Kings.

^(c) Ecclesiasticus.

^(d) Ezra and Nehemiah.

^(e) The number of lines given here is far too low. Probably the first digit has been lost in transcription.

^(f) The omission of Philippians, 1 and 2 Thessalonians, and Hebrews is probably due to scribal error, the scribe's eye jumping from the end of the word ephesious (Ephesians) to the end of ebraious (Hebrews).

^(g) The dash before 1 Peter is probably the scribe's paragraph mark, to indicate a new section after Paul's epistles. The other four dashes further down may indicate the scribe's opinion against the canonicity of the works.