Beta

Ra S

London, British Library, Add. 43725. No diktyon: 39225.
Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek, Gr. 1. No diktyon: 38316.
St. Petersburg, National Library of Russia, Ф. № 906 (Gr.) 2. No diktyon: 57069.
ibid., Ф. № 906 (Gr.) 259. No diktyon: 57331.
ibid., Ф. № 906 (Gr.) 843. No diktyon: 57913.
ibid., Ф. № 536, Оп. 1. ОЛДП, Oct. 156. No diktyon: 57946.
Sinai, St. Catherine's Monastery, ΜΓ 1. No diktyon: 61039.
GA Number: 01, Trismegistos ID: 62315, LDAB IDs: 3478; 62315.
s. IV | Parchment, 407 ff.  347 ff. in London; 43 ff. in Leipzig; 12 ff. + 14 fragments on Mt. Sinai;, 381 × 355 mm  the format differs: 381 × 336–355 mm, 2, 4 col. |  Majuscule (Biblical Majuscule). | Provenance: Probably Caesarea, Palestine. On the provenance of Codex Sinaiticus see Fraenkel, 202–203. The main arguments for an origin in Caesarea are two scribal oversights in the New Testament part of the manuscript, namely: (1) Matth. 13:54: εἰς τὴν πατρίδα, v.l. εἰς τὴν Ἀντιπατρίδα Codex Sinaiticus; referring to the town Antipatris, 45 km south of Caesarea. (2) Act. 8:5 Σαμαρείας, v.l. Καισαρείας Codex Sinaiticus. The manuscript was probably first bound in the 6th century. Skeat therefore assumes that the manuscript did not leave the scriptorium during the first two centuries. Fraenkel assumes that the manuscript was brought to St. Catherine’s Monastery on Mount Sinai right after its foundation (between 548 and 565 AD). The history of the discovery of Codex Sinaiticus in May 1844 by Konstantin Tischendorf.
Codex Sinaiticus. Pandect of the Greek Bible (OT and NT). | On the discovery of Codex Sinaiticus see Fraenkel, 203–204. | Collation: LXXGot | Text-type: varying text-type.
Content
Petrop. 259, frg. 1 Gen. 23:19–24:4; 24:5–8; 24:10–14; 24:17–19; 24:25–27; 24:30–33; 24:36–41; 24:43–46 cf. Fraenkel, 331
Petrop. 2 Gen. 24:9–10. 41–43 cf. Fraenkel, 325
Sinai, ff. 1r–12v + frg. Lev. 20:27–22:30 not included in Wevers, J.W./Quast, U. (eds.): Leviticus (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum II/2), Göttingen 1986
Petrop. 259, frg. 2–3 Num. 5:26–28. 28–30; 6:5–6; 6:11–12; 6:17–18; 6:22 init.–24; 7:4–5; 7:12–13; 7:15–20 (fragm.); 7:20–fin. cf. Fraenkel, 331
Sinai, ff. 1r–12v + frg. Num. 16:7–20:28; 23:22–26:2 not included in Wevers, J.W./Quast, U. (eds.): Numeri (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum III/2), Göttingen 22020
Sinai, ff. 1r–12v + frg. Deut. 3–4; 28:68–30:16 not included in Wevers, J.W./Quast, U. (eds.): Deuteronomium (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum III/2), Göttingen 22006
Sinai, ff. 1r–12v + frg. Iud. 4:7–11:2 Göttingen edition in preparation
London, f. 1r–v I Par. 9:27–11:22 Göttingen edition in preparation
Leipzig, ff. 1r–4v I Par. 11:22–19:17 fin. Göttingen edition in preparation
Leipzig, ff. 4v–13r II Esdr. 9:9–fin. libri ed. Hanhart
Leipzig, ff. 13r–19r Est. ed. Hanhart
Leipzig, ff. 19r–19v Tob. init. libri – 2:2 ed. Hanhart
London, ff. 2–8 Tob. 2:2–fin lib. ed. Hanhart
London, ff. 8–13 Idt. 1:1–11:13 ed. Hanhart
Petrop. Oct. 156 Idt. 11:23 (sic)–12:9 ed. Hanhart
London, ff. 14–15 Idt. 13:9–fin. libri ed. Hanhart
London, ff. 16–33 I Mac. ed. Kappler
London, ff. 34–41 IV Mac. Göttingen edition in preparation
London, ff. 42–68 Is. ed. Ziegler
London, ff. 68–73 Ier. 1:1–10:25 ed. Ziegler
Leipzig, ff. 20r–42v Ier. 10:25 – fin. libri ed. Ziegler
Leipzig, ff. 42v–43v Thr. init. libri – 2:20d ed. Ziegler
London, ff. 74–87 Ioel–Mal. (Greek order) ed. Ziegler–Albrecht
London, ff. 88–128 Psalmi Göttingen edition in preparation
London, ff. 128v–142v Prov. Göttingen edition in preparation
London, ff. 143r–148r Eccl. ed. Gentry
London, ff. 148r–151r Cant. Göttingen edition in preparation
London, ff. 151r–160r Sap. ed. Ziegler
London, ff. 160r–185r Sir. ed. Ziegler
London, ff. 185v–199v Iob ed. Ziegler
London, ff. 200r–347v N.T. + Barnabas see NTVMR on this part of the manuscript
Sinai, ff. 1r–12v + frg. Hermas
Petrop. 843, frg. Hermas, mand. II.7–III.2, IV.iii.4–6 this fragment probably belongs to the London leaf f. 347
Bibliography
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Andrist, P.: „La structure des Codex Vaticanus, Alexandrinus et Sinaiticus: questions ouvertes sur le canon, la fabrication et la circulation de ces bibles“, in: Bibliologia 40 (2015), 11–37.
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Brogan, J.J.: „Another Look at Codex Sinaiticus“, in: McKendrick, S./O’Sullivan, O.A. (eds.): The Bible as Book. The Transmission of the Greek Text, London et al. 2003, 17–32.
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Catalogues
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 22020, 190, 201–206, 324–325, 330–332, 359–361.
Rahlfs, A.: Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments (Mitteilungen des Septuaginta–Unternehmens der königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen 2), Berlin 1914, 96, 226–229.
Editions
Aland, B. et al. (eds.): Nestle–Aland, Novum Testamentum Graece. Begründet von Eberhard und Erwin Nestle. 28. revidierte Auflage, Herausgegeben vom Institut für Neutestamentliche Textforschung Münster/Westfalen unter der Leitung von Holger Strutwolf, Stuttgart 282012 (S).
Gentry, P.J. (ed.): Ecclesiastes (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum XI/2), Göttingen 2019, 3 (S).
Hanhart, R. (ed.): Esdrae liber II (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum VIII,2), Göttingen 22017, 8–9 (S).
Hanhart, R. (ed.): Esther (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum VIII,3), Göttingen 21983, 8 (S).
Hanhart, R. (ed.): Iudith (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum VIII,4), Göttingen 1979, 7–8 (S).
Hanhart, R. (ed.): Tobit (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum VIII,5), Göttingen 1983, 7 (S).
Kappler, W. (ed.): Maccabaeorum liber I (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Litterarum Gottingensis editum IX/1), Göttingen 31990, 7–8 (S).
Rahlfs, A. (ed.): Psalmi cum Odis (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Litterarum Gottingensis editum X), Göttingen 31979, 11 (S).
Rahlfs, A./Hanhart, R.: Septuaginta. Id est Vetus Testamentum Graece iuxta LXX interpretes. Duo volumina in uno, Editio altera, Stuttgart 2006 (S).
Wevers, J.W. (ed.): Genesis (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum I), Göttingen 1974, 12–13 (S).
Wevers, J.W./Quast, U. (eds.): Numeri (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum III/2), Göttingen 22020, 8 (S).
Ziegler, J./Albrecht, F.: Duodecim prophetae. Editio altera (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum XIII), Göttingen 2024 (S).
Ziegler, J. (ed.): Iob (Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum XI,4), Göttingen 1982, 10 (S).
Ziegler, J. (ed.): Isaias (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum XIV), Göttingen 31983, 7 (S).
Ziegler, J. (ed.): Jeremias, Baruch, Threni, Epistula Jeremiae (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum XV), Göttingen 32006, 7–8 (S).
Ziegler, J. (ed.): Sapientia Iesu Filii Sirach (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum XII/2), Göttingen 32016, 7, 55 (S).
Ziegler, J. (ed.): Sapientia Salomonis (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum XII/1), Göttingen 32017, 7–8 (S).
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