Washington Manuscript I

The Codex Washingtonensis ( Washington Manuscript I , Siglum W ^I after Rahlfs, older Siglum Θ) is a fragment of a parchment manuscript from the early 5th century in Greek . It contains the Old Testament books of Deuteronomy and Joshua .

102 leaves have been preserved, the book layers and not the leaves being numbered. Since the numbering only starts at 37, the first 36 layers that are no longer preserved may have contained the books Genesis to Numbers . Likewise, at the end of the day, the books Richter and Ruth could still have been part of the Codex. The codex is written in scriptio continua in uncials . Some words are written in red ink as a marker. One or two centuries later, the division into pericopes was indicated in italics .

The manuscript was acquired in 1906 by Charles Freer from an Arab Ali from Giza in Egypt. Today it is in the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, DC , Inv. F1906.272.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Deut 5,16–6,18 and Jos 3,3–4,10 are missing.

Web links

• Washington Manuscript I Freer Gallery of Art