Codex Campianus
New Testament manuscript | |
Name | Campianus |
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Sign | M |
Text | Gospels |
Date | 9th century |
Script | Greek |
Now at | Bibliothèque nationale de France, Gr. 48 |
Size | 22 cm by 16.3 cm |
Type | Byzantine text-type |
Category | V |
Hand | elegantly written |
Note | Marginalia |
Codex Campianus is designated as "M" or "021" in the
The text of the manuscript was held in high esteem by some 19th-century scholars, but this general opinion changed in the 20th century; as a result the manuscript is rarely cited in critical editions of the Greek New Testament.
Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels, on 257 parchment leaves each approximately 22 cm by 16.3 cm.[2][3] The leaves are arranged in quarto[4] and the text is written in two columns per page, 24 lines per column,[2] in very elegant and small uncial letters, with breathings and accents (in red)[further explanation needed].[4] The letters are similar to those from Codex Mosquensis II.[5]
The liturgical notes at the margin are written in
Codex Campianus has a number of errors due to contemporary changes in the pronunciation of Greek, a phenomenon known as
The text of the Gospels is divided according to the
It is a small manuscript. Besides the New Testament text, it contains Chronology of the Gospels,
Text
The Greek text of this
Kurt and Barbara Aland gave the following textual profile of it 21, 21/2, 82, 3s.[2] This means the text of the codex agrees with the Byzantine standard text 202 times, it agrees 7 times with the original text against the Byzantine and it agrees both with the Byzantine and original text 106 times. There are 12 independent or distinctive readings in this codex. On the basis of this profile, Alands considered the quality of the text to suit his Category III.[2] Commonly, it is included in Family 1424 group of New Testament manuscripts.
In
It contains the text of the
- τουτο δε ειπαν πειραζοντες αυτον ινα εχωσιν κατηγοριαν κατ αυτου
which translates to "But this they said tempting him, that they might have to accuse him;" a dislocation of verse 6.[13] John 8:11 is usually quoted as "She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more".[14]
History
Bernard de Montfaucon dated the manuscript to the 10th or 11th century, because of palaeographical similarities to the manuscripts housed in Italian libraries.
The manuscript was brought from the East[
It was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by the Swiss theologian,
Some non-biblical material of the codex, such as
According to 19th century scholars like Tregelles, "it contains many good readings"[7] and Scrivener said the manuscript has a good text.[4] In the 20th century the manuscript remains largely neglected by scholars and its text is classified as "low valuable" (using the V Aland's Catalog).[2]
Russell Champlin examined its text in the Gospel of Matthew and its relationship to the textual family E.[18]
Currently the codex is located in the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris.[2][3]
The manuscript was cited in at least one critical edition of the Greek New Testament, UBS3.[19] It is not cited in UBS4,[20] NA26,[21] or NA27, versions of the Greek New Testament however.[22]
See also
References
- ^ a b Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 34.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ^ a b c INTF. "Codex M/021 (GA)". Liste Handschriften. Münster Institute. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
- ^ a b c d e Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 139.
- ^ a b c d e Constantin von Tischendorf (1859). Novum Testamentum Graece. Editio Septima. Lipsiae. p. CLIX.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b c d e f g h i Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung. p. 56.
- ^ a b c Tregelles, Samuel Prideaux (1856). An Introduction to the Critical study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures (10 ed.). London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts. p. 202.
- ^ Bruce M. Metzger, Bart D. Ehrman, "The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration", Oxford University Press, (New York — Oxford, 2005), p. 77.
- William B. Eerdmans Publishing(Grand Rapids, 1982), p. 52, 64, 100.
- ^ NA26, p. 2; UBS3, p. 2.
- ^ Bernard Montfaucon (1708). Palaeographia Graeca, sive, De ortu et progressu literarum graecarum. Paris. p. 261.
- ^ W. Willker, A Textual Commentary on the Greek Gospels Archived 2011-04-09 at the Wayback Machine Bremen: 2015, p. 28.
- ^ NA26, p. 274
- ^ Holy Bible, King James Version, Cambridge Edition. John 8:11. 1900.
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: CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Bernard Montfaucon (1708). Palaeographia Graeca, sive, De ortu et progressu literarum graecarum. Paris. p. 260.
- ^ G. Bianchini, Evangeliarium quadruplex latinae versionis antiquae seu veteris italicae (Rome, 1749)
- ^ Wettstein, J. J. (1751). Novum Testamentum Graecum editionis receptae cum lectionibus variantibus codicum manuscripts. Amsterdam: Ex Officina Dommeriana. p. 41.
- ^ Russell Champlin (1966). Family E and its Allies in Matthew. Studies and Documents. Vol. XXVIII. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. pp. 163–169.
- ^ The Greek New Testament, ed. K. Aland, A. Black, C. M. Martini, B. M. Metzger, and A. Wikgren, in cooperation with INTF, United Bible Societies, 3rd edition, (Stuttgart 1983), p. XVI.
- ISBN 978-3-438-05110-3
- ^ Nestle, Eberhard et Erwin; communiter ediderunt: K. Aland, M. Black, C. M. Martini, B. M. Metzger, A. Wikgren (1991). Novum Testamentum Graece (26 ed.). Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft. pp. 12*.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Nestle, Eberhard et Erwin; communiter ediderunt: B. et K. Aland, J. Karavidopoulos, C. M. Martini, B. M. Metzger (2001). Novum Testamentum Graece (27 ed.). Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft. pp. 58*–59*.
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Further reading
- Bernard Montfaucon (1708). Palaeographia Graeca, sive, De ortu et progressu literarum graecarum. Paris. p. 260.
- Russell Champlin (1966). Family E and its Allies in Matthew. Studies and Documents. Vol. XXVIII. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. pp. 163–169.
External links
- Robert Waltz, Codex Campianus Me (021): at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism
- INTF. "Codex M/021 (GA)". Liste Handschriften. Münster Institute. Retrieved 2012-01-24.