Codex Chisianus R.VII.45

The Codex Chisianus R.VII.45 (No. 88 according to Rahlfs ) is a parchment manuscript in Greek from the 10th century. It contains the biblical books Jeremiah (with Baruch , the Lamentations and the Letter of Jeremiah ), Daniel (with Susanna, Bel and the dragon in the Septuagint version, plus the commentary on Daniel by Hippolytus of Rome ) in the usual version based on Theodotion , Ezekiel and Isaiah . The codex consists of 402 sheets of 32 cm × 24 cm, which are described in two columns with 27–28 lines in minuscules .

That of fol. 135a of the attested text in the book of Daniel reproduces the Hexapla version of Origen . This text is also preserved in a Syrian translation in Codex Ambrosianus 313 . Along with the older pre-Hexaplarian papyrus 967, both are among the only text witnesses who reproduce the original Septuagint , which was superseded in the other manuscripts by the later version of the Theodotion .

The manuscript was first published in 1772. It was in the Biblioteca Chigiana in Rome . Since 1923 it has been in the possession of the Vatican Library with the shelf mark Chigi R. VII 45.

literature

Alfred Rahlfs: Directory of the Greek manuscripts of the Old Testament , Weidmann, Berlin 1914, pp. 278–280 ( online ).
Katharina Bracht: Hippolyts Schrift In Danielem: communicative strategies of an early Christian commentary (= studies and texts on antiquity and Christianity. Volume 85). Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2014, ISBN 978-3-16-152034-1 .

Web link

Rahlfs 88 Digitization of the Codex Chisianus R.VII.45

Remarks

^ R. Timothy McLay: Daniel (Old Greek and Theodotion). In: James K. Aitken (Ed.): T&T Clark Companion to the Septuagint. London u. a. 2015, pp. 544–554, here 545: “There are only three main witnesses to the OG version. The Chisian codex 88 and the Syro-Hexaplar (Syh) version are post-Hexaplaric and reflect very similar texts, while the more fragmentary Papyrus 967 is the only pre-Hexaplaric witness to the OG version of Daniel. "

[1] R. Timothy McLay: Daniel (Old Greek and Theodotion). In: James K. Aitken (Ed.): T&T Clark Companion to the Septuagint. London u. a. 2015, pp. 544–554, here 545: “There are only three main witnesses to the OG version. The Chisian codex 88 and the Syro-Hexaplar (Syh) version are post-Hexaplaric and reflect very similar texts, while the more fragmentary Papyrus 967 is the only pre-Hexaplaric witness to the OG version of Daniel. "