Codex Vindobonensis Lat. 502
Codex Vindobonensis Lat. 502 is a fragmentary parchment manuscript of the Latin New Testament. It survives as one folio containing only John 19:27-20:11, in the Old Latin form.[1] It is designated by VL 25 or v in the Beuron register of Latin New Testament manuscripts. It is part of a number of manuscripts listed under the Fragmentum Vindobonense. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it is assigned to the 6th or 7th century CE.[2]
Description
[edit]The manuscript is likely from a codex (precursor to the modern book format), containing at least the Gospel of John of which only 1 folio survives (sized 23.5 cm by 16.5 cm),[2] witnessing to John 19:27-20:11.[1] The text is written in two columns, 30 lines per page using black ink.[2] The writing is much faded.[1] It is entitled "Pactus legis Ripuarie".[1] The Latin text of the codex is a representative of the Western text-type in itala recension.
History
[edit]The earliest history of the manuscript is unknown. It was copied in either North Italy or France during the 6th or 7th century CE.[2] The text was transcribed and published by Henry Julian White in 1887.[3] Its readings are cited in the Vetus Latina publications as v, and in the Oxford Vulgate also as v.[2]
It was named Vindobonensis after Vienna, the place of its housing. It is currently housed in the Austrian National Library (shelf number Lat. 502) in Vienna.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d 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. 51.
- ^ a b c d e Houghton, Hugh A. G. (2016). The Latin New Testament: A Guide to its Early History, Texts, and Manuscripts. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-19-874473-3.
- ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1902). Textkritik des Neuen Testamentes. Vol. 2. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 608.
Further reading
[edit]- White, H. J., Old Latin biblical texts. No. III, Oxford 1888, p. 161–166.
External Links
[edit]Digital Images of Codex Vindobonesnsis Lat. 502 online at the Austrian National Library (image numbers 7 and 8).
