▁never ▁used ▁until ▁Sch ol z ▁in ▁ 1 8 1 9 ▁found ▁a ▁copy ▁of ▁it ▁in ▁the ▁Royal ▁Library ▁at ▁Paris . ▁This ▁coll ation ▁was ▁imper fect ▁and ▁re vised ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 2 . ▁Another ▁coll ation ▁was ▁made ▁in ▁ 1 7 2 0 ▁for ▁Bent ley ▁by ▁M ico , ▁re vised ▁by ▁R ul otta , ▁although ▁not ▁published ▁until ▁ 1 7 9 9 . ▁Bent ley ▁was ▁stir red ▁by ▁Mill ' s ▁claim ▁of ▁ 3 0 , 0 0 0 ▁variants ▁in ▁the ▁New ▁Testament ▁and ▁he ▁wanted ▁to ▁re construct ▁the ▁text ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁Testament ▁in ▁its ▁early ▁form . ▁He ▁felt ▁that ▁among ▁the ▁manuscript s ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁Testament , ▁Code x ▁Alexand r inus ▁was ▁" the ▁oldest ▁and ▁best ▁in ▁the ▁world ". ▁Bent ley ▁understood ▁the ▁necessity ▁to ▁use ▁manuscript s ▁if ▁he ▁were ▁to ▁re construct ▁an ▁older ▁form ▁than ▁that ▁apparent ▁in ▁Code x ▁Alexand r inus . ▁He ▁assumed , ▁that ▁by ▁supp lement ing ▁this ▁manuscript ▁with ▁read ings ▁from ▁other ▁Greek ▁manuscript s , ▁and ▁from ▁the ▁Latin ▁V ul gate , ▁he ▁could ▁tri ang ulate ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁single ▁rec ension ▁which ▁he ▁pres umed ▁existed ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁the ▁First ▁Council ▁of ▁N ica ea . ▁Therefore , ▁he ▁required ▁a ▁coll ation ▁from ▁V at ican us . ▁Unfortunately , ▁the ▁text ▁of ▁the ▁coll ation ▁was ▁irre con cil able ▁with ▁Code