Codex Basilensis

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Uncial 07
Codex Basilensis (Mark 1,5-6) .JPG
Surname Codex Basilensis
character E e
text Gospel
language Greek
date 8th century
Found unknown (1431)
Storage location Basel University Library
size 23 x 16.5 cm
Type Majority text
category V
hand carefully written
note Group E

The Codex Basilensis ( Gregory-Aland no. E e or 07 , from Soden ε 55) is a Greek manuscript of the four Gospels , which is dated to the 8th century. It consists of the four Gospels ( Matthew , Mark , Luke and John ) on 318 sheets of parchment written on one column. The handwriting is incomplete.

description

Parts of the Gospel according to Luke are missing from the Codex (1.69–2.4; 3.4–15; 12.58–13.12; 15.8–20; 24.47 – fin). The format is 23 × 16.5 cm, the text is in a column with 21 lines. The capital letters are about the same size as those in the Codex Bezae . Accents as well as alcohol asper and lenis are available. It contains lists of the κεφαλαια ( content ), κεφαλαια ( chapters ), ammonian sections and the Eusebian canon .

The Codex Basilensis represents the Byzantine text and is assigned to Category V. It is one of the best manuscripts of the Byzantine texts and belonged to group E together with the Codex Nanianus and the Codex Athous Dionysius .

history

Mark 2: 9-14

Cardinal Johannes von Ragusa brought this manuscript to Basel and donated it to the Dominican monastery. In 1559 it was incorporated into the university library.

As its name suggests, the codex is kept in the Basel University Library (AN III 12).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Kurt and Barbara Aland : The text of the New Testament. Introduction to the scientific editions as well as the theory and practice of modern textual criticism . German Bible Society , Stuttgart 1989, p. 119. ISBN 3-438-06011-6
  2. ↑ a b c Gregory, Caspar René: Text Critique of the New Testament, Vol. 1 . Leipzig 1900, p. 48 ( Internet Archive ).
  3. ↑ Bruce M. Metzger , Bart D. Ehrman , “The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration,” Oxford University Press (New York, Oxford 2005), 74.
  4. ^ Russell Champlin, Family E and Its Allies in Matthew (Studies and Documents, XXIII; Salt Lake City, UT, 1967).
  5. ↑ J. Greelings, Family E and Its Allies in Mark (Studies and Documents, XXXI; Salt Lake City, UT, 1968).

See also

literature

  • Russell Champlin, Family E and Its Allies in Matthew (Studies and Documents, XXIII; Salt Lake City, UT, 1967).
  • J. Greelings, Family E and Its Allies in Mark (Studies and Documents, XXXI; Salt Lake City, UT, 1968).
  • J. Greelings, Family E and Its Allies in Luke (Studies and Documents, XXXV; Salt Lake City, UT, 1968).
  • F. Wisse, Family E and the Profile Method , Biblica 51, (1970), pp. 67-75.

Web links

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