The omission is included by the manuscripts: 07, 011, 017, 028, 041, minuscule 2, and majority of the Byzantine manuscripts.
Most surviving Byzantine manuscripts begin with the third Hymn.
The argument is that the much greater number of Byzantine manuscripts indicate a superior claim to being close to the autograph (Bible).
It is very old, the oldest Byzantine manuscripts belong to this family.
He brought out from a drawer a thick sheaf of priceless Byzantine manuscripts and placed them carefully on his desktop.
However, their preliminary conclusion is that the Byzantine manuscript exists.
In total there are fifty-one such Byzantine manuscripts known, while others may yet be found.
Τhis variant have also the manuscripts 07, 011, 017, 028, 041, and majority of the Byzantine manuscripts.
Byzantine manuscripts, ivories, gold, silver and luxurious textiles were distributed throughout the West.
Another work, "Lectionary" (1050-1100), is unusually large for a Byzantine manuscript: 15 3/4 by 10 5/8 inches.