Codex Sangallensis 63
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... tre[s] sunt pat[er] & uerbu[m] & sps [=spiritus] scs [=sanctus] & tres unum sunt.
Translation: "three are the father and the word and the holy spirit and the three are one."
The Codex Sangallensis 63 , designated by S in some critical editions of the Bible , is a 9th-century Latin manuscript of the New Testament . The text, written on vellum , is a version of the Vulgate and contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles , Epistles, Book of Revelation , and non-biblical material (an Etymological dictionary). The manuscript has not survived in a complete condition, some parts of it have been lost. [1] The original manuscript did not contain the Comma Johanneum (in 1 John 5:7), but it was added by a later hand on the margin (see picture). [2]
Description
Codex Sangallensis contains 160 leaves (320 pages) arranged in quarto , in one thick volume. The measures of leaves are 22.3 by 19.2 cm. A single paper fly-leaf was added by a later hand. The text is written in 22 lines in one (pages 1–49) or two (pages 50–320) columns per page in Carolingian minuscule letters with black ink. [3] The head-pieces are written in uncial letters, the initial letters are red. It has some margin notes . [3] [4] The order of books: Pauline epistles (folios 2-163), Acts (163-244), Catholic epistles (245-283), and Apocalypse (283-320). The text does not contain the second and third Epistle of John. [5] [6] The original codex did not contain the Comma Johanneum (in 1 John 5:7), but it was added by a later hand on the margin (see picture). [5] The Comma:
- sicut in caelo tres sunt pater uerbum et spiritus et tres sunt ( as in heaven three are: the Father, the Word, and the Spirit, they are three ). [7]
History
The manuscript was examined and described by H. Brauer, [8] A. Bruckner, [9] G. Scherrer. [10] It was digitised in 2008 and it is available on the site of the Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland . [3] Palaeographically the manuscript is dated to the 9th or 10th century. [3] Currently the manuscript is housed at the Abbey library of Saint Gall (63) in St. Gallen . [3]
See also
References
- ↑ Bruce M. Metzger , The Early Versions of the New Testament , Oxford University Press, 1977, p. 339.
- ↑ Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. 2 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 86.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Cod. Sang. 63 at the e-codices
- ↑ Rolf Bergmann, Yvonne Goldammer, Katalog der althochdeutschen und altsächsischen Glossenhandschriften , Walter de Gruyter, p. 468.
- 1 2 Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose ; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament . Vol. 2 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons . p. 86.
- ↑ Gregory, Caspar René (1902). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . Vol. 2. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 632. ISBN 1-4021-6347-9 .
- ↑ Biblia Sacra Vulgata , Stuttgartiana, Stuttgart 1983, p. 1878.
- ↑ H. Brauer, Die Bücherei von St. Gallen und das althochdeutsche Schrifttum , M. Niemeyer, 1926, p. 86.
- ↑ A. Bruckner, Scriptoria Medii Aevi Helvetica (1938), III, p. 25.
- ↑ Gallen Gustav Scherrer, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen (Halle, 1975), p. 28.
Further reading
- Rolf Bergmann, Yvonne Goldammer, Katalog der althochdeutschen und altsächsischen Glossenhandschriften , Walter de Gruyter , p. 468.
External links
- Cod. Sang. 63 at the e-codices