León palimpsest

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The León Palimpsest, designated l or 67 (in the Beuron system),

Christian Bible conserved in the cathedral of León, Spain. The text, written on vellum, is in a fragmentary condition. In some parts it represents the Old Latin version, while following Jerome's Vulgate in others. The codex is a palimpsest.[2]

From its location in Léon, this palimpsest is sometimes referred to as the Codex Legionensis; but this name is more commonly applied to the 10th-century Vulgate Bible at the Basilica of San Isidoro, León (Codex Gothicus Legionensis, or 91, 92 and 133 in the Beuron system).[1] Nor should the León palimpsest be confused with another 10th-century pandect in León, of which the second volume is conserved in the cathedral archive of Léon (number 193 in the Beuron system).[1]

Description

The text of the New Testament has survived on 40 leaves of the codex. The leaves have measures 37 by 24 cm. The text is written in 2 columns of 38-55 lines per page.

Rufinus' translation of Eusebius' Church history.[4] The whole book contains 275 leaves, of which 185 have had their underwiting deciphered.[3][6]

The order of the books may tentatively be reconstructed: Octateuch, 1–4 Kings, Prophets (without Baruch), Job, Psalms (iuxta Hebraeos?), Proverbs,

Catholic Epistles, Acts, Apocalypse. [7]

History

The biblical underwriting has been dated by

F. H. A. Scrivener, Samuel Berger, and Bruce M. Metzger [2][8] to the 7th century.[9]

It was discovered by Rudolf Beer. It was examined and described by Samuel Berger.[2][10] It was examined by Bonifatius Fischer and Thiele.[4] Fischer edited its text in 1963.[8]

Currently it is housed in the archive of León Cathedral, where it is designated as codex 15.[4] The manuscript is cited in several critical texts of the Greek and Latin New Testament.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Piggin, Jean-Baptiste (2019). "The Original Beuron Numbers of 1949 With Links". piggin.net. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 2 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 72.
  3. ^
    ISBN 1-4021-6347-9
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  4. ^ a b c d e Bruce M. Metzger, The Early Versions of the New Testament, Oxford University Press, 1977, p. 316.
  5. ISBN 978-3-438-05110-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
    )     [UBS4]
  6. ^ Bogaert, Pierre-Maurice (2013), "The Latin Bible, c. 600 to c. 900", in Marsden, Richard; Matter, E. Ann (eds.), The New Cambridge History of the Bible; Volume 2; from 600 to 1450, CUP, p. 74
  7. ^ Bogaert, Pierre-Maurice (2013), "The Latin Bible, c. 600 to c. 900", in Marsden, Richard; Matter, E. Ann (eds.), The New Cambridge History of the Bible; Volume 2; from 600 to 1450, CUP, p. 75
  8. ^ a b Léon Vaganay, Christian-Bernard Amphoux, Jenny Heimerdinger, An introduction to New Testament textual criticism, Cambridge University Press, 1991, p. 29.
  9. ^
    ISBN 978-3-438-05110-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
    )     [UBS4]
  10. ^ Berger, Samuel (1893). Histoire de la Vulgate pendant les premiers siècles du Moyen Age (in French). Paris. p. 384.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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