Codex Colberto-Sarravianus

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Codex Sarravianus

The Codex Sarravianus (G after Rahlfs ) is a manuscript from the late 4th or early 5th century in Greek . It contains parts of the books from Genesis to Judges of the Old Testament. 153 parchment leaves have survived. These are described in Uncials in two columns of 27 lines each, consecutively and without initials.

The text follows Origen's Hexapla version in two places ; it contains passages that are not contained in other Septuagint translations and were made as supplements from the original Hebrew text . There are also the characters asterisk and obelus .

The first known owner was Henri Memme (d. 1596). Part of the manuscript was owned by Claude Sarrave (d. 1651). 130 sheets are in the Leiden University Library today . Signature Cod. Voss. Size Q 8, 22 sheets in the Bibliothèque nationale in Paris , signature Gr. 17 and one in the Russian National Library in Saint Petersburg , signature Cod. Gr. 5.

text

  • Konstantin von Tischendorf: Monumenta sacra inedita. Nova collectio III. Leipzig 1860 (reproduction of the sheets of Leiden and St. Petersburg).
  • H. Omont : VT gr.cod. Sarraviani-Colbertini quae supersunt in bibliothecis Leidensi Parisiensi Petropolitana phototypice edita. Leiden 1897 (photographic reproduction of all sheets).

literature

  • Sidney Jellicoe: The Septuagint and Modern Study. 1978. Reprint, Eisenbrauns, Winona Lake (Indiana) 1993, ISBN 0-931464-00-5 , p. 194 ( online ).
  • Henry Barclay Swete, An Introduction to the Old Testament in Greek , Cambridge 1902, rev. v. RR Ottley 1914, ( online )

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