Göttinger Septuaginta

Patmos, Ἰωάννου τοῦ Θεολόγου, fonds principal 209. N^o diktyon: 54453.

s. XIII s. XIV according to Parpulov, History, 61 n. 60 | Parchment (ff. 1–4; 8–232); Paper (ff. 5–7; 233), 229 + 4 ff., 2 col. with the exception of ff. 5–7, 40 lines per page. | Minuscule. | Provenance: A note on the verso of the first flyleaf records that the manuscript was donated to the library of the Monastery of St. John the Theologian in Patmos in 1829.

Ps.Od.; Prov.; Eccl.; Cant.; Sap.; Sir.; Iob; XII proph.; Is.; Dan.; Ez.; Ier. | All the books include prologues. Lucianic witness in the Psalter. Lucianic witness with Hexaplaric influence in the Prophetical books. This is particularly evident in the Book of Daniel: The inscriptio resembles that of Ra Q; the text of Ra 613 aligns with Ra Q in the Corpus Ieremiae, where Ra Q exhibits pre-Hexaplaric characteristics. Hexaplaric influence is also present in Isaiah. It remains to be determined whether Ra 613 served as a Vorlage for the later manuscript Ra 403 (dated 1542), which Ziegler (Ezechiel, 48) refers to as a “sister manuscript.” Ra 403 and Ra 613 are noted as a pair in Isaiah and Ezekiel (Ra 403′ = 403-613). In the Minor Prophets, Ra 613 serves as a witness to the Alexandrian text-type (Ziegler, Duodecim prophetae, 39), in part aligning with the C-group (ibid., 90f.). In the Wisdom books, Ra 613 forms a pair with Ra 534 (Ra 534′ = 534-613), which is related to the a-group in Sap. and Sir. In Iob, Ra 613 is under stronger Lucianic influence than Ra 534. Furthermore, Ra 613 shares special readings (“Sonderlesarten”) with Matthaeus Cantacuzenus’ commentary (see Ziegler, Sapientia Salomonis, 14). Gentry has classified Ra 613 within the Egyptian text-type for Ecclesiastes. | Collation: LXX^Got | Text-type: Lucianic with Hexaplaric influence. L (Ps.Od.); l (Ier. Bar.); θ′-text, with additions from the ο′-text (Dan. Bel et Draco); Hexaplaric influence (Is.); Alexandrian text-type close to the C-group (XII proph.); codices mixti (Ez.); Egyptian text-type (Eccl.); Lucianic influence (Iob); related to the a-group (Sap. Sir.)

Content
ff. 1r–2v	Basilius, Prologue to the Psalter ed. PG 142, pp. 1321–1326, cf. Parpulov, History, 164
ff. 3r–36v (col. a)	Ps. 1–151 ff. 5–7 supplemented
ff. 36v (col. b)–39v (col. a)	Od. 1–9 + 11
ff. 46r–57r (col. a)	Prov. Basilius, Prologue to the Book of Proverbs (CPG 2856) on ff. 40r–45v
ff. 57r (col. a)–61v (col. a)	Gregorius Thaumaturgus, μετάφρασις εἰς τὸν Ἐκκλησιαστήν CPG 1766
ff. 61v (col. b)–65r	Eccl. doublet of Eccl. 5:14d–16a between Eccl. 4:16c/d, see Gentry, Ecclesiastes, 7
ff. 66v (col. b)–68v (col. a)	Cant. Prologue to Cant. (the same as in Ra 602) on ff. 65v–66v (col. b), see Ceulemans, “Manuscripts”, 114–115
ff. 68v (col. b)–75r	Sap.
ff. 75v (col. b)–92v (col. a)	Sir. Prologue to Sir. on f. 75v (col. a)
ff. 95v–112v (col. a)	Iob Prologue to Iob on ff. 92v (col. b)–95r, cf. Hagedorn/Hagedorn, Katenen, 14
ff. 113r (col. b)–137r (col. b)	XII proph. Hebrew order of the books
ff. 137v (col. b)–163v (col. a)	Is. with prologue by Theodoret of Cyrus on ff. 137r (col. b)–137v (col. b)
ff. 165 (col. a)–174v (col. b)	Dan. θ′-text, with additions from the ο′-text with prologue by Theodoret of Cyrus on ff. 164r–165r (col. a)
ff. 174v (col. b)–175v (col. a)	Bel et Draco this is followed by an unidentified paratext outlining the timeline of the Daniel narrative, found on ff. 175v (col. a)–176r (col. a)
ff. 177r (col. b)–205r (col. a)	Ez. with prologue by Theodoret of Cyrus on ff. 176r–177r (col. b)
ff. 205r (col. b)–231r (col. a)	Ier.
ff. 231r (col. a)–232v	Bar. 1:1–4:24 (ἐπελεύσεται)
f. 233r–v	Joannes Chrysostomus, In Genesim ed. PG 53, pp. 45–46, inc. [κα]τὰ τὸν μακάριον Παῦλον, καὶ ἄλλους νουθετεῖν, des. καὶ ἡ τῆς τιμῆς ὑπόθεσις τὸ βαρὺ καὶ φορ[τικόν]; please note that f. 233 is supplemented

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Catalogues

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Editions

Gentry, P.J. (ed.): Ecclesiastes (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum XI/2), Göttingen 2019, 7, 54 (Ra 534′ = 534-613; 68’ = 68-613; 68′’ = 68-534-613).

Ziegler, J. (ed.): Duodecim prophetae (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum XIII), Göttingen 3rd ed. 1984, 10, 39, 52, 90–91 (Ra 49’ = 49-613; 49′’ = 49-764-613).

Ziegler, J. (ed.): Ezechiel. Mit einem Nachtrag von D. Fraenkel (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum XVI/1), Göttingen 4th ed. 2015, 9, 48 (Ra 403′ = 403-613).

Ziegler, J. (ed.): Iob (Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum XI,4), Göttingen 1982, 13, 110 (Ra 534′ = 534-613).

Ziegler, J. (ed.): Isaias (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum XIV), Göttingen 3rd ed. 1983, 10, 22 (n.1), 41 (Ra 403′ = 403-613).

Ziegler, J. (ed.): Jeremias, Baruch, Threni, Epistula Jeremiae (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum XV), Göttingen 3rd ed. 2006, 10, 79, 83.

Ziegler, J. (ed.): Sapientia Iesu Filii Sirach (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum XII/2), Göttingen 3rd ed. 2016, 7, 12, 56 (Ra 534′ = 534-613).

Ziegler, J. (ed.): Sapientia Salomonis (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum XII/1), Göttingen 3rd ed. 2017, 10, 21, 48 (Ra 534′ = 534-613).

Ziegler, J./Munnich, O./Fraenkel, D. (eds.): Susanna. Daniel. Bel et Draco (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum XVI/2), Göttingen 2nd ed. 1999, 19–20, 124.