ged according to the order of Matthew, or where
sections are wanting in Matthew, according to the order of the next
evangelist that contains them, in such a way as to show at a glance what
sections of the other evangelists answer to any given section of that
gospel which stands first in order in each canon.

Numbering the four gospels in order--1, 2, 3, 4--the ten canons
of Eusebius contain as follows:

I. Sections common to 1, 2, 3, 4.
II. " 1, 2, 3.
III. " 1, 3, 4.
IV. " 1, 2, 4.
V. " 1, 3.
VI. " 1, 2.
VII. " 1, 4.
VIII. " 2, 3.
IX. " 3, 4.
X. Sections peculiar to one.

A couple of examples will make this matter plain. Turning to
what is now the beginning of the thirteenth chapter of Matthew,
we find (the Greek numerals being exchanged for those in common
use) the sign 131/II that is, the 131st Ammonian section of
Matthew with the second canon of Eusebius. Turning to the table
of the second canon, we find, corresponding to the 131st section
of Matthew, the 36th of Mark and the 76th of Luke, which contain
the parallel passages concerning the sower. Again, connected
with Mark 1:23, is the sign, 14/VIII whence we learn, by
reference to the eighth canon, that the fourteenth section of
Mark answers to the 25th of Luke. By a repetition of the canons
as often as necessary, so as to allow each gospel in turn to
take the lead, Wordsworth has greatly facilitated the work of
comparing parallel passages.

"The Codex Vaticanus B, contains a distribution into sections
wholly peculiar. Of these, St. Matthew contains 170, St. Mark
61, etc. The length of these divisions is very unequal; the
_sense_ being the reason of the breaks occurring when they do.
In the gospels, at least, the sections are perhaps the best that
were ever devised; and this system of capitulary division is
probably the earliest of which we have the means of knowing any
thing." Horne's Introduction, vol. 4, chap. 4, revised edition,
1860.

8. Different from the Ammonian-Eusebian sections, and later in their
origin, are the divisions of the gospels called _titles_, because each
of them received a title from one of the first or princip