Biblical Manuscripts in the Freer Collection

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The Biblical Manuscripts in the Freer Collection, a collection of six

Washington D.C.

All these manuscripts were purchased at the beginning of the 20th century in

Minor Prophets
.

Formerly these manuscripts were held in Detroit, Michigan, in Freer's private collection. He gave his art collections to the United States together with funds for a building to house them. The building cost $1,000,000, all of which was paid by Freer.[1]

The Freer Gallery of Art was opened in 1923.

Manuscripts

  • WI: Greek parchment codex, containing Deuteronomy and Joshua, from the early 5th century (designated as Washington Manuscript I by the Freer/Sackler Gallery).[2]
  • Rahlfs 1219: Incomplete Greek parchment codex of the Psalms from 5th century (designated as Washington Manuscript II by the Freer/Sackler Gallery).[3]
  • W (Codex Washingtonianus): Contains the four Gospels from the 5th century, with some material from 6th century (designated as Washington Manuscript III by the Freer/Sackler Gallery).[4]
  • Fragmentary Codex Freerianus, contains Pauline epistles from the 5th century (designated as Washington Manuscript IV by the Freer/Sackler Gallery).[5]
  • W:
    Twelve Prophets on papyri - before the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, this was the oldest Greek manuscript of Twelve Prophets, of the 3rd century A.D.[6] (designated as Washington Manuscript V by the Freer/Sackler Gallery).[7]
  • Coptic manuscript of Psalms from the 5th century.[8][9]

Gallery of Biblical Manuscripts

References

  1. ^ Charles Lang Freer Home from Detroit1701.org
  2. ^ "Object View | Open F|S | Collections | Freer and Sackler Galleries". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
  3. ^ "Object View | Open F|S | Collections | Freer and Sackler Galleries". Archived from the original on 2015-01-22. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
  4. ^ "Object View | Open F|S | Collections | Freer and Sackler Galleries". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-14.
  5. ^ "Object View | Open F|S | Collections | Freer and Sackler Galleries". Archived from the original on 2015-09-07. Retrieved 2015-03-14.
  6. ^ "Collections: Biblical Manuscripts".
  7. ^ "Object View | Open F|S | Collections | Freer and Sackler Galleries". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-14. [1]
  8. ^ "Object View | Open F|S | Collections | Freer and Sackler Galleries". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-14.
  9. ^ "Object View | Open F|S | Collections | Freer and Sackler Galleries". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-14.

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