Codex Claromontanus V

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Latin manuscript of the New Testament

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::summary Latin manuscript of the New Testament ::

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The Codex Claromontanus V, designated by h in traditional system or by 12 in the Beuron system, is a 4th- or 5th-century Latin manuscript of the New Testament. The text, written on vellum.

Description

The manuscript contains the text of the four Gospels with lacunae in Matthew 1:1-3:15; 14:44-18:12 on 66 parchment leaves. It contains the Ammonian Sections and Eusebian Canons, it uses abbreviations.

Text

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The text of the codex represents Old Latin textual tradition in the Gospel of Matthew. In rest of Gospels it has text of Vulgate.

The nomina sacra are written in an abbreviated way.

History

The manuscript was bought by Pius VI (1775-1798).{{Cite book | last = Gregory | first = Caspar René | authorlink = Caspar René Gregory | title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments | publisher = Hinrichs | year = 1902 | location = Leipzig | volume = 2 | page = 605 | url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne01greggoog#page/n137/mode/2up | isbn = 1-4021-6347-9

The text of the codex was edited by Paul Sabatier, Angelo Mai, Johannes Belsheim, and Jülicher.

Location

The codex is located, in the Vatican Library (Lat. 7223) at Vatican.

References

[[Bruce M. Metzger]], ''The Early Versions of the New Testament'', Oxford University Press, 1977, p. 298.
[[Francis Crawford Burkitt. F. C. Burkitt]], [https://archive.org/stream/journaltheologi07unkngoog#page/n614/mode/2up ''On Codex Claromontanus (''h'')''], (JTS, London 1903), pp. 587–588.

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