Beta
Ra B
Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. gr. 1209. No diktyon: 67840.
GA Numbers: 03; 1957, Trismegistos ID: 62316, LDAB IDs: 3479; 62316.
s. IV; s. XV
a. 350 ca., cf. Cavallo, Ricerche, 55
| Parchment, 768 + 3 ff.
paginated I–IV; 1–1536, 275 × 275
mm alternative indications: 272 × 268 mm,
2–3 col.
2 cols. in the Poetic Books, with the exception of the supplemented part on pages 695–704 (content: Ps. 105:27–137:6), which is written in 3 cols., 40–44 lines per page
pp. 1–334: 44 lines; pp. 335–534: 42 lines; pp. 535–554: 40 lines; pp. 555–fin.: 42 lines.
| Majuscule (Biblical Majuscule).
| Scribes:
Μιχαὴλ Χρυσοκόκκης (s. XV) pp. 1–40; 695–706; 1519–1536,
A (s. IV) pp. 41–334; 625–944,
B (s. IV) pp. 335–624; 945–1518.
| Provenance: Alexandria (cf. Albrecht, Überlieferung, 340–342). A Palestinian provenance had been proposed by Tischendorf, and by Skeat in 1999. However, the arguments are not convincing, cf. Albrecht, l.c., 341 with n. 30, and Fraenkel, 341. Codex Vaticanus is already mentioned in the earliest catalogue of the Vatican Library from 1475; in 1797 the codex was brought to Paris, after Napoleon’s fall in 1815 it came back to the Vatican.
| Owner:
Βησσαρίων (1400–1472)
Basilius Bessarion, Latin Patriarch of Constantinople, RKG I,41; II,61; III,77.
Codex Vaticanus. Pandect of the Greek Bible (OT and NT).
| Parts of the manuscript have been supplemented in the 15th century: Gen. 1:1–46:28 based on Ra 19 by Μιχαὴλ Χρυσοκόκκης (see Content and Scribes). Codex B was the Vorlage of IV Proph.–Tob. in Ra 122. Codex B is the main source for the Sixtina. Together with Ra S and Ra A, it forms the base text for the manual edition by Rahlfs-Hanhart.
| Collation: LXXGot; HoP (siglum II)
| Text-type: varying text-type.
varying text-type, providing in most books of the LXX a pre-recensional text. With the exception of the book of Isaiah, where Codex Vaticanus (B) is the main witness of the hexaplaric text, together with Codex Venetus (V)
| Content | |
| pp. III–IV | index, Veteris Testamenti librorum divisio secundum s. Hieronymum |
| pp. 1–40; 41–46 | Gen. 1:1–46:28a (s. XV); Gen. 46:28b–50:26 Gen. 1:1–46:28a (…Ἡρώων|) = Bs, based on Ra 19; Gen. 46:28b (|πόλιν…)–50:26; Genesis ed. Wevers |
| pp. 47–99 | Ex. ed. Wevers |
| pp. 99–137 | Lev. ed. Wevers |
| pp. 138–191 | Num. ed. Wevers |
| pp. 191–238 | Dtn. ed. Wevers |
| pp. 238–270 | Ios. Göttingen edition in preparation |
| pp. 271–304 | Iud. Göttingen edition in preparation |
| pp. 304–309 | Ruth ed. Quast |
| pp. 309–394 | I–II Reg. Göttingen edition in preparation |
| pp. 395–484 | III–IV Reg. Göttingen edition in preparation |
| pp. 484–572 | I–II Paralip. I Paralip.: Göttingen edition in preparation; II Paralip.: ed. Hanhart |
| pp. 572–594 | III Esdras ed. Hanhart |
| pp. 594–624 | II Esdras ed. Hanhart |
| pp. 625–94; 707–13 | Ps. 1:1–105:26; 137:7–151:7 pp. 625–694: Ps. 1:1–105:26 (s. IV, scribe A, 2 cols.); pp. 695–704: Ps. 105:27–137:6 (s. XV, scribe Μιχαὴλ Χρυσοκόκκης, 3 cols., text based on an unknown Vorlage); pp. 705–706: empty; pp. 707–713: Ps. 137:7–151:7 (s. IV, scribe A, 2 cols.). The Psalms have been edited by Rahlfs in 1931; since 2020, a new Göttingen Editio critica maior of the Psalms is in preparation |
| pp. 714–749 | Prov. Göttingen edition in preparation |
| pp. 750–762 | Eccl. ed. Gentry |
| pp. 763–769 | Cant. Göttingen edition in preparation |
| pp. 769–809 | Iob ed. Ziegler |
| pp. 809–832 | Sap. ed. Ziegler |
| pp. 832–893 | Sir. ed. Ziegler |
| pp. 893–907 | Esther ed. Hanhart |
| pp. 908–930 | Iudith ed. Hanhart |
| pp. 930–944 | Tob. ed. Hanhart |
| pp. 945–1002 | Duodecim prophetae pp. 945–954: Osea; pp. 954–962: Amos; pp. 962–968: Michaeas; pp. 968–972: Ioel; pp. 972–973: Abdias; pp. 973–976: Ionas; pp. 976–978: Nahum; pp. 978–981: Habacuc; pp. 981–984: Sophonias; pp. 984–986: Aggaeus; pp. 987–998: Zacharias; pp. 999–1002: Malachias; ed. Ziegler–Albrecht |
| pp. 1002–1063 | Is. ed. Ziegler |
| pp. 1064–1143 | Corpus Ieremiae pp. 1064–1127: Ier.; pp. 1127–1133: Baruch; pp. 1133–1139: Lam.; pp. 1140–1143: Epistula Ieremiae; ed. Ziegler |
| pp. 1143–1206 | Ezech. ed. Ziegler |
| pp. 1206–1234 | Dan. ed. Ziegler–Munnich |
| pp. 1235–1277 | Evangelia pp. 1235–1277: Matth.; pp. 1277–1303: Marc.; pp. 1304–1349: Luc.; pp. 1349–1382: Ioh |
| pp. 1382–1425 | Actus apostolorum ed. Strutwolf et al |
| pp. 1426–1444 | Epistulae catholicae pp. 1426–1430: Ep. Iacobi; pp. 1430–1437: Ep. Petri; pp. 1437–1443: Ep. Iohannis; pp. 1443–1444: Ep. Iudae |
| pp. 1445–1522 | Epistulae Pauli pp. 1445–1461: Rom.; pp. 1461–1487: Corinth.; pp. 1488–1493: Gal.; pp. 1493–1498: Eph.; pp. 1499–1502: Phil.; pp. 1502–1506: Col.; pp. 1506–1512: Thess.; pp. 1512–1518: Epistula ad Hebraeos 1:1–9:13; pp. 1519–1522: Epistula ad Hebraeos 9:14–13:25 (suppl. s. XV) = GA 1957 |
| pp. 1523–1536 | Apocalypsis suppl. s. XV = GA 1957; ed. Karrer |
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