Beta
Ra V
Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. gr. 2106. No diktyon: 68736.
Venice, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, gr. Z 1. No diktyon: 69472.
s. VIII
| Parchment, 132 + 163 ff., 400 × 280
mm,
2 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., 60 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: The Roman part was in the possession of the Basilian College in Rome until 1786; its manuscripts originally belonged to various Basilian monasteries in southern Italy, from where they were transferred to the College, probably between 1695 and 1697.
| Owner:
Βησσαρίων (1400–1472)
Basilius Bessarion, Latin Patriarch of Constantinople, RKG I,41; II,61; III,77.
Codex Venetus. Pandect of the Greek Bible (OT and NT).
| The unity of the two parts (Vatican, Venetian) was realised by E. Klostermann. The main problem is whether the Psalter was part of the original codex or was missing from the beginning. According to Fraenkel, it is most likely that the codex originally contained the Psalter.
| Collation: LXXGot; HoP (siglum XI and 23)
| Text-type: varying text-type.
varying text-type. In the book of Ruth, this manuscript belongs to the R-recension. In the book of Isaiah, Codex Venetus is the main witness of the hexaplaric text, together with Codex Vaticanus (B); in Iob, this manuscript is closely related to Codex Alexandrinus (A), representing the L-group
Bibliography
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, 344–346, 372–374.
Rahlfs, A.: Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments (Mitteilungen des Septuaginta–Unternehmens der königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen 2), Berlin 1914, 270–272, 306.
Editions
Gentry, P.J. (ed.): Ecclesiastes (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum XI/2), Göttingen 2019, 3 (V).
Hanhart, R. (ed.): Esdrae liber II (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum VIII,2), Göttingen 22017, 7–8 (V).
Hanhart, R. (ed.): Esdrae liber I (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum VIII,1), Göttingen 21991, 7 (V).
Hanhart, R. (ed.): Esther (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum VIII,3), Göttingen 21983, 7–8 (V).
Hanhart, R. (ed.): Iudith (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum VIII,4), Göttingen 1979, 7 (V).
Hanhart, R. (ed.): Paralipomenon liber II (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum VII,2), Göttingen 2014, 13 (V).
Hanhart, R. (ed.): Tobit (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum VIII,5), Göttingen 1983, 7 (V).
Quast, U. (ed.): Ruth (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum IV/3), Göttingen 22009, 7; 19–20 (V).
Rahlfs, A. (ed.): Psalmi cum Odis (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Litterarum Gottingensis editum X), Göttingen 31979, 10 (V).
Rahlfs, A./Hanhart, R.: Septuaginta. Id est Vetus Testamentum Graece iuxta LXX interpretes. Duo volumina in uno, Editio altera, Stuttgart 2006 (V).
Wevers, J.W./Quast, U. (eds.): Deuteronomium (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum III/2), Göttingen 22006, 7 (V).
Wevers, J.W./Quast, U. (eds.): Leviticus (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum II/2), Göttingen 1986, 7 (V).
Wevers, J.W./Quast, U. (eds.): Numeri (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum III/1), Göttingen 1982, 7 (V).
Ziegler, J./Albrecht, F.: Duodecim prophetae. Editio altera (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum XIII), Göttingen 2024 (V).
Ziegler, J. (ed.): Ezechiel. Mit einem Nachtrag von D. Fraenkel (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum XVI/1), Göttingen 42015, 7 (V).
Ziegler, J. (ed.): Iob (Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum XI,4), Göttingen 1982, 9 (V).
Ziegler, J. (ed.): Isaias (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum XIV), Göttingen 31983, 7 (V).
Ziegler, J. (ed.): Jeremias, Baruch, Threni, Epistula Jeremiae (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum XV), Göttingen 32006, 7 (V).
Ziegler, J. (ed.): Sapientia Iesu Filii Sirach (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum XII/2), Göttingen 32016, 7, 53–54 (V).
Ziegler, J. (ed.): Sapientia Salomonis (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum XII/1), Göttingen 32017, 7 (V).
Ziegler, J., Munnich, O., Fraenkel, D. (eds.): Susanna. Daniel. Bel et Draco (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum XVI/2), Göttingen 21999, 121; 137–139 (V).
Online sources
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