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.
| Provenance: Acquired in 1690 from the Vossius family.
| Owners:
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).
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).
Online sources
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