Codex Beratinus
National Archives of Albania | |
Cite | P. Batiffol, Evangeliorum codex Graecus purpureus Beratinus Φ, (Paris and Rome, 1882) |
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Size | 31 cm by 27 cm |
Type | Byzantine text-type |
Category | V |
Codex Purpureus Beratinus (
Description
Codex Beratinus contains only the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Mark, with several considerable lacunae (Matthew 1:1-6:3, 7:26-8:7, 18:23-19:3, and Mark 14:62-end). The codex contains 190 extant parchment leaves measuring 31.4 × 26.8 cm, or approximately the same size as those of Codex Alexandrinus, and have two columns per page, but the letters are much larger.[2] It is written with 17 lines per page,[1] 8-12 letters per line, in very regular letters, in silver ink.[3] The title and the first line in Mark are written in gold.[4] The writing is continuous in full lines without stichometry. Quotations from the Old Testament are marked with an inverted comma (<).
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters) and according to the
Text
The Greek text of the codex is generally of the Byzantine text-type, but it contains the long Western addition after Matthew 20:28, occurring also in Codex Bezae:[3] Aland gave for it the following textual profile: 1311, 831/2, 112, 18s.[1]
"But seek to increase from that which is small, and to become less from which is greater. When you enter into a house and are summoned to dine, do not sit down at the prominent places, lest perchance a man more honorable than you come in afterwards, and he who invited you come and say to you, "Go down lower"; and you shall be ashamed. But if you sit down in the inferior place, and one inferior to you come in, then he that invited you will say to you, "Go up higher"; and this will be advantageous for you."[5]
In
και εξελθον εις υπαντησιν αυτω πολλοι χαιροντες και δοξαζοντες τον θεον περι παντων ων ειδον
And many went out to meet him; all who were seeing [him] round about were rejoicing and glorifying God.
In Matthew 27:9, in the phrase επληρωθη το ρηθεν δια Ιερεμιου του προφητου (fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet) the word Ιερεμιου (
In Matthew 27:16 it has additional reading ος δια φονον και στασιν ην βεβλημενοις εις φυλακην (who for murder and insurrection had been thrown in prison).[7]
In Matthew 27:35, it includes ἵνα πληρώθη τὸ ῤηθὲν διὰ τοῦ προφήτου, Διεμερίσαντο τὰ ἱμάτια μου ἑαυτοῖς καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν ἱματισμὸν μου ἔβαλον κλῆρον along with 0250, 037, 038, 1424, 1582, 124, 348, 788, 1279, 1579, and 517.
According to
History
Formerly it was believed to have been at Patmos.
Importance as Cultural Heritage
The Codex Purpureus Beratinus was inscribed on the
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ^ a b c Frederic G. Kenyon, Handbook to the Textual Criticism of the New Testament, London2, 1912, p. 120.
- ^ a b c 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. 84.
- ^ a b Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung. p. 93.
- ^ Bruce M. Metzger, Bart D. Ehrman, The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration, Oxford University Press, 2005, p. 71.
- ^ Eberhard Nestle, Erwin Nestle, Barbara Aland and Kurt Aland (eds), Novum Testamentum Graece, 26th edition, (Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1991), p. 58. [NA26]
- ^ a b ΝΑ26, p. 81
- ^ B. H. Streeter, The Four Gospels. A Study of Origins the Manuscripts Tradition, Sources, Authorship, & Dates, MacMillan and Co Limited, Oxford 1924.
- ^ Codex Beratinus Φ (043): at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism
- ^ Pierre Batiffol, Les manuscrits grecs de Berat d'Albanie et le Codex Purpureus Φ, Paris 1886, p. 8
- ^ Xhevat Lloshi, Rreth ALFABETIT Të Shqipes (2008), p. 94
- ^ Albania Expedition Archived 2009-08-10 at the Wayback Machine at the CSNTM
- ^ "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- ^ "Codex Purpureus Beratinus". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. 2008-05-16. Archived from the original on 2015-12-14. Retrieved 2009-12-15.
External links
- Online Hi-Res images at the CSNTM.
- R. Waltz, Codex Beratinus Φ (043), Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism.
- A Codex Purpureus Beratinus at the UNESCO website at the Wayback Machine (archived January 18, 2008)
- Website of Unesco
- Kodikët e Shqipërisë (’Albániai kódexek’)
Further reading
- Pierre Batiffol, Evangeliorum codex Graecus purpureus Beratinus Φ, in: Mélanges d'archéologie et d'histoire, de l'école française de Rome 5 (Paris and Rome, 1882), pp. 358–376.
- Pierre Batiffol (1886). Les manuscrits grecs de Berat d'Albanie et le Codex Purpureus Φ. Paris.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - W. H. P. Hatch (1939). The Principal Uncial Manuscripts of the New Testament. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
- J. Koder (1972). "Zur Wiederentdeckung zweier Codices Beratini". Byzantinische Zeitschrift. 65 (2): 327–328. S2CID 194065009.
- Shaban Sinani, Kodikët e Shqipërisë dhe 2000-vjetori i krishtërimit, in: "Media", 2000/6.