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Nouum Testamentum Domini nostri Jesu Christi latine, secundum editionem Sancti Hieronymi
Title page of the first volume (1889)
LanguageLatin
Published1889–1954

The Oxford Vulgate (full title: Nouum Testamentum Domini nostri Jesu Christi latine, secundum editionem Sancti Hieronymi,

critical edition of the Vulgate version of the New Testament produced by scholars of the University of Oxford
, and published progressively between 1889 and 1954 in 3 volumes.

History

As a result of the inaccuracy of existing editions of the Vulgate, the delegates of Oxford University Press accepted in 1878 a proposal from classicist John Wordsworth to produce a critical edition of the New Testament.[1][2] This was eventually published as Nouum Testamentum Domini nostri Iesu Christi Latine, secundum editionem sancti Hieronymi in three volumes between 1889 and 1954.[3] Along with Wordsworth and Henry Julian White, the completed work lists on its title pages Alexander Ramsbotham.[4]

As preliminary work to the full edition, Wordsworth published the text of certain important manuscripts in the series Old-Latin Biblical Texts, with the help of

King's College, London), and other scholars.[5] Wordsworth was consecrated Bishop of Salisbury in 1885, and White (who became Dean of Christ Church, Oxford in 1920) assumed co-editorship of the edition, which was published in fascicles beginning with the Gospel of Matthew in 1889;[6] the first volume, with an extensive epilogue discussing the history of the manuscripts and the text, was completed in 1898.[7]

Acts, forming the beginning of the third volume, was published in 1905.[8] In 1911, Wordsworth and White produced a smaller editio minor with the complete text of the New Testament and a limited apparatus, but using modern punctuation.[9]

Wordsworth died in 1911.

Stuttgart edition of the Vulgate, beginning in 1959.[12]

Manuscripts used

The edition, commonly known as Oxford Vulgate, relies primarily on the texts of the

sigla it uses for them: Book of Armagh (D), Egerton Gospels (E), Lichfield Gospels (L), Book of Kells (Q), and Rushworth Gospels (R).[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ Wordsworth, John (1883). The Oxford critical edition of the Vulgate New Testament. Oxford. p. 4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ Watson, E.W. (1915). Life of Bishop John Wordsworth. London: Longmans, Green.
  3. ^ Nouum Testamentum Domini nostri Iesu Christi Latine, secundum editionem sancti Hieronymi. John Wordsworth, Henry Julian White (eds.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1889–1954.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) 3 vols.
  4. ISSN 0022-5185
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  5. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/37025
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  6. JSTOR 23036406
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  7. ^ Nouum Testamentum Domini nostri Iesu Christi Latine, secundum editionem sancti Hieronymi. Vol. 1. John Wordsworth, Henry Julian White (eds.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1898.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  8. ^ Nouum Testamentum Domini nostri Iesu Christi Latine, secundum editionem sancti Hieronymi. Vol. 3. John Wordsworth, Henry Julian White (eds.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1905.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  9. ^ Nouum Testamentum Latine, secundum editionem Sancti Hieronymi, editio minor. John Wordsworth, Henry Julian White (eds.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1911.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  10. ISSN 0022-5185
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  11. ISSN 0022-5185
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  12. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/64018
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  13. ISBN 9780198744733
    . Retrieved 5 June 2016.

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