▁in ▁fact , ▁it ▁was ▁sus pected ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁interpol ated ▁by ▁the ▁Latin ▁text ual ▁tradition . ▁John ▁Mill ▁wrote ▁in ▁his ▁Pro leg omena ▁( 1 7 0 7 ): ▁" in ▁Occ ident al ium ▁gr ati am ▁a ▁Lat ino ▁scri ba ▁ex ar atum " ▁( written ▁by ▁a ▁Latin ▁scri be ▁for ▁the ▁western ▁world ). ▁He ▁did ▁not ▁believe ▁there ▁was ▁value ▁to ▁having ▁a ▁coll ation ▁for ▁the ▁manuscript . ▁W ett stein ▁would ▁have ▁liked ▁to ▁know ▁the ▁read ings ▁of ▁the ▁code x , ▁but ▁not ▁because ▁he ▁thought ▁that ▁they ▁could ▁have ▁been ▁of ▁any ▁help ▁to ▁him ▁for ▁difficult ▁text ual ▁dec isions . ▁According ▁to ▁him , ▁this ▁code x ▁had ▁no ▁authority ▁what so ever ▁( sed ▁ut ▁vel ▁h oc ▁const aret , ▁C od ic em ▁null us ▁es se ▁au ctor is ). ▁In ▁ 1 7 5 1 ▁W ett stein ▁produced ▁the ▁first ▁list ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁Testament ▁manuscript s , ▁Code x ▁V at ican us ▁received ▁symbol ▁B ▁( because ▁of ▁its ▁age ) ▁and ▁took ▁second ▁position ▁on ▁this ▁list ▁( Alex andr inus ▁received ▁A , ▁E ph ra emi ▁– ▁C , ▁Be za e ▁– ▁D , ▁etc .) ▁until ▁the ▁discovery ▁of ▁Code x ▁S ina it icus ▁( design ated ▁by ▁ <0xE2> <0x84> <0xB5> ). ▁ ▁G ries bach ▁produced ▁a ▁list ▁of ▁nine ▁manuscript s ▁which ▁were ▁to ▁be ▁assigned ▁to ▁the ▁Alexand