Codex Vaticanus
A fourth-century Greek Bible has been continuously held and catalogued since the fifteenth century.
Außerbiblisch genanntHandschriftmid-4th century AD
A fourth-century Greek Bible on fine parchment, three columns to a page, listed in the Vatican's first catalogue in 1475 and never lost. With Sinaiticus it is the base of most modern critical editions of the New Testament.
Old and New Testament in Greek, written in three columns of forty-two lines.
- Gefunden
- In the Vatican Library since at least 1475
- Heute in
- Vatican Apostolic Library, Rome (Vat. gr. 1209)
- Sprache
- Greek
- Wie es zu uns kam
- Nie begraben — von Hand abgeschrieben, Generation um Generation, bis zum Buchdruck.
Was er zeigt
It is incomplete: the end of Hebrews, the Pastoral Epistles and Revelation are missing from the original hand.
Wie Historiker es nutzen
With Sinaiticus, the backbone of the modern critical text.
In der Schrift
Quellen
Diese Texte liegen vorerst auf Englisch vor. Übersetzungen folgen.