Beta
Ra G
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Grec 17. No diktyon: 49577.
Leiden, Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden, Voss. graec. in qu. 8. No diktyon: 38115.
St. Petersburg, National Library of Russia, Gr. 3. No diktyon: 57070.
s. IV/V
| Parchment, 130 + 22 + 1 ff. 130 ff. (Leiden), 22 ff. (Paris), 1 f. (St. Petersburg), 250 × 230 mm,
2 col., 27–28 lines per page occasionally 29 lines.
Majuscule (upright) similar to the script of Ra F, cf. Fincati, 301.
Scribe:
1 (Gen.–Lev.+Deut.), 2 (Num.+Ios./Iud.) According to Omont: Inventaire, 395, Nr. 8.
Owner: Isaac Vossius († 1689), Jacques Mentel († 1671) Jacobus Mentelius. Cf. Jackson, 30 (Nr. 977). 31 (Nr. 979), Claude Sarrau († 1651) Claudius Sarravius. Cf. Jackson, 31 (Nr. 979).
Provenance: Acquired in 1690 from the Vossius family.
Codex Sarravianus-Colbertinus. Pentateuch (fragm.), Iosue–Iudices (fragm.).
| Codex Sarravianus-Colbertinus is one of the oldest Hexaplaric witnesses providing several Aristarchian signs. Originally the manuscript contained 454 ff., of which 153 ff. are extant.
Text-type: O.
| Content | |
| Leiden, 1r–8v | Gen. 31:53–36:18 |
| Paris, 3r–4v | Exod. 36:35–37:21 |
| Paris, 1r–2v | Exod. 38:24–39:21 |
| Paris, 5r–v; 6r–7v | Exod. 39:37-41; 40:3-4.6-8.9-fin. libri |
| Paris, 8r–11v; 12r–v | Lev. init. libri – 4:26 |
| Leiden, 9r–24v | Lev. 4:27–13:17 |
| Paris, 13r–v; 14r–v | Lev. 13:49–14:6; 14:33-49 |
| Paris, 15r–18v | Lev. 15:24–17:10 |
| Paris, 19r–20v | Lev. 18:28–19:36 |
| Leiden, 25r–32v | Lev. 24:9–27:16 |
| Leiden, 33r–49v | Num. init. libri – 7:85 |
| Leiden, 50r–61v | Num. 11:18–18:2 |
| Leiden, 62r–64v | Num. 18:30–20:22 |
| Paris, 21r–v; 22r–v | Num. 25:2–26:3; 29:12-33 fin. |
| Leiden, 65r–77v | Num. 29:34 init. – 36:12 = fin. libri |
| Leiden, 78r–v | Deut. 4:11-26 |
| Leiden, 79r–95v | Deut. 7:13–17:14 |
| Leiden, 96r–v | Deut. 18:8–19:4 |
| Leiden, 97r–104v | Deut. 28:12–31:11 fin. |
| Leiden, 105r–120v | Ios. 9:27(33)–19:23 |
| Petersburg, 1r–v | Iud. 9:48–10:6 |
| Leiden, 121r–126v | Iud. 15:3–18:16 |
| Leiden, 127r–130v | Iud. 19:25–21:12 |
Bibliography
Bogaert, P.–M.: Précisions sur l’histoire de deux manuscrits en onciale de la Septante (T et G), in: Muséon 96 (1983), 205–216, 207–216 (Provenance).
Cavallo, G.: Ricerche sulla maiuscola biblica (STP 2), Florenz 1967, 70–72 (Paleography).
Fincati, M.: Per la storia dell’Esateuco Ambrosiano A147 inf., in: Aevum 83 (2009), 299–339, 301 (Paleography).
Jackson, D.F.: The Greek Manuscripts of John Moore and Etienne Baluze, in: Codices Manuscripti 56/57 (2006), 29–42, 30–31 (Provenance).
Orsini, P.: Studies on Greek and Coptic Majuscule Scripts and Books (Studies in Manuscript Cultures 15), Berlin et al. 2019, XIV, 122, 127 (Paleography).
Parpulov, G.R.: The Codicology of Ninth–Century Greek Manuscripts, in: Semitica et Classica 8 (2015), 165–170, 168 n. 43 (Paleography).
Catalogues
de Montfaucon, B.: Bibliotheca bibliothecarum manuscriptorum nova. Ubi, quae innumeris pene manuscriptorum bibliothecas continentur, ad quodvis literaturae genus spectantia & notatu digna, describuntur & indicantur vol. 2, Paris 1739, 974 (Cod. 3084).
Fraenkel, D.: Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments von Alfred Rahlfs. Bd. I,1 Die Überlieferung bis zum VIII. Jahrhundert (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum. Supplementum I/1), Göttingen 2nd ed. 2020, 184–187.
Omont, H.: Inventaire sommaire des manuscrits grecs de la Bibliothèque Nationale vol. 1, Paris 1886, 395 (Nr. 8).
Rahlfs, A.: Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments (Mitteilungen des Septuaginta–Unternehmens der königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen 2), Berlin 1914, 94–95, 195, 221.
Editions
Omont, H. (ed.): Vetus Testamentum Graece. Codicis Sarraviani–Colbertini quae supersunt in Bibliothecis Leidensi Parisiensi Petropolitana phototypice edita. Praefatus est Henricus Omont, Leiden 1897 (Facsimile).
Wevers, J.W. (ed.): Genesis (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum I), Göttingen 1974, 12 (G).
Wevers, J.W./Quast, U. (eds.): Deuteronomium (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum III/2), Göttingen 2nd ed. 2006, 8 (G).
Wevers, J.W./Quast, U. (eds.): Exodus (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum II/1), Göttingen 1991, 8 (G).
Wevers, J.W./Quast, U. (eds.): Leviticus (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum II/2), Göttingen 1986, 8 (G).
Wevers, J.W./Quast, U. (eds.): Numeri (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum III/1), Göttingen 1982, 8 (G).
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