The first method distinguishes between uncial or majuscule, and cursive or minuscule; the second between papyrus, vellum or parchment, and paper (for further details see Manuscript and Palaeography); and the third distinguishes mainly between Gospels, Acts and Epistles (with or without the Apocalypse), New Testaments (the word in this connexion being somewhat broadly interpreted), lectionaries and commentaries.
There are said to be uncial MSS.
He abandons the practice of making a distinction between uncial and minuscule, on the ground that for textual criticism the style of writing is less important than the date and contents of a MS. To indicate these he divided MSS.
C, von Soden S 3; an uncial palimpsest (the top writing being that of Ephraem) of the 5th century.
B and in the other uncial MSS., (b) that preserved in the cursive codex 248 (Holmes and Parsons).