The Codex Speculum or Speculum Ps-Augustine, designated by m, is a 5th-century

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manuscript of the

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. The text, written on

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, is a version of the

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. The manuscript contains passages from all the books of the New Testament except

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, and Philemon on 154 parchment leaves. It also has a citation from the Epistle to the Laodiceans. The Latin text of the codex is a representative of the

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in ''itala'' recension. The text of the manuscript was published by Cardinal Mai in 1843. Currently it is housed at the Saint Cross monastery (Sessorianus) in

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