Editing Codex Boreelianus

[[Image:Codex Boreelianus F+ (09), Mk 1.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Codex Boreelianus]] 
The'''Codex Boreelianus''', ''Codex Boreelianus Rheno-Trajectinus'' (full name), designated by '''F<sup>e</sup>''' or '''09''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), ε 86 ([[Biblical manuscript#Von Soden|von Soden]]), is a 9th (or 10th) century [[uncial]] [[manuscript]] of the four [[gospel]]s in [[Greek language|Greek]]. The [[codex]] contains 204 parchment leaves (size {{×|28.5|22}}), with numerous [[Lacuna (manuscripts)|lacunae]]. It has the Ammonian section numbers, but the [[Eusebian Canons]] are absent. It was written in late uncial script, in two columns per page, with mostly 19 lines per column, in large uncial letters.<sup>[1]</sup><sup>[2]</sup> [[Paleography|Paleographically]] is close to [[Codex Seidelianus I]]. 

== Contains ==
The text of the codex begins with Matt. 9:1. The last ends with John 13:34. 
It has also numerous [[Lacuna (manuscripts)|lacunae]]: 

:Matt. 12:1-44, 13:55-14:9, 15:20-31, 20:18-21:5, 
:Mark 1:43-2:8, 2:23-3:5, 11:6-26, 14:54-15:5, 15:39-16:19, 
:John 3:5-14, 4:23-38, 5:18-38, 6:39-63, 7:28-8:10, 10:32-11:3, 12:14-25, 13:34-end. 

Luke is even more incomplete. [[Johann Jakob Wettstein|Wettstein's]] remarks that the codex started at 7:6 and that only the folia with Matthew 8:25 and Mark 11:6-16 are missing.<sup>[3]</sup> It means in his time the manuscript was far more complete than at present. 

The headings are written in gold and red. The Amomnian sections are written in red. It has a lot of [[hiatus]].

== History ==
''Codex Boreelianus'' is named after Johannes Boreel (1577-1629), Dutch Ambassador at the Court of [[James I of England]], who brought the codex to the Netherlands from a journey to the East.<sup>[4]</sup> The connection to Boreel is indicated by [[Johann Jakob Wettstein|Wettstein]], who was given a partial collation of the codex in 1730. After Boreel's death, the codex itself was in private hands. Its leaves were disordered, and some of them were lost. It resurfaced in 1823 and was identified as the Boreelianus by the Utrecht professor Jodocus Heringa (1765-1840). In 1841 [[Constantin von Tischendorf|Tischendorf]] wanted to see and examine the codex, but it was did not allowed to him.<sup>[2]</sup> Since 1830, the codex has been located in [[Utrecht University]] (Univ. Bibl. Ms. 1).<sup>[1]</sup>

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the [[Byzantine text-type]]. [[Kurt Aland|Aland]] placed it in [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts#Category V|Category V]].<sup>[1]</sup> It is not very important codex, but it is an important witness of the Byzantine text-type. It belongs to the textual family [[Family E|E]].

== See also ==
* [[List of New Testament uncials]]
* [[Textual criticism]]
* [[Biblical commentary]]

== References ==
* 1. [[Kurt Aland]], and Barbara Aland, "The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction To The Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism", William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, [[1995 AD|1995]], p. 110.
* 2. C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig [[1900 AD|1900]], vol. 1, p. 49-50.
* 3. Wettstein, "Novum Testamentum Gr.", Amsterdam [[1751 AD|1751]], vol. 1, p. 40.
* 4. [[Bruce Metzger|Metzger, Bruce M.]], The Text Of The New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration, [[1968 AD|1968]] etc, Oxford University Press, p. 52.

== Further readings ==

* [http://digbijzcoll.library.uu.nl/metadata.php?lang=en&BoekID=1522 J. Heringa, ''Disputatio de Codice Boreeliano, nunc Rheno-Trajectino'', ed. H.E. Vinke (Utrecht, 1843)]

== External links ==
=== Images of Codex Boreelianus ===
* [http://digbijzcoll.library.uu.nl/metadata.php?lang=en&BoekID=1553 Codex Boreelianus] at the Digital Special Collections of the [[Utrecht University]]
=== Articles on Codex Boreelianus ===
* [http://digbijzcoll.library.uu.nl/extras/Boreelianus/Codex_Boreelianus.htm The Codex Boreelianus]: Description and History of the Manuscript, by Bart Jaski of the [[Utrecht University]]
* [http://www.skypoint.com/members/waltzmn/ManuscriptsUncials.html#uFe Codex Boreelianus F<sup>e</sup> (09) at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism]
* [http://vuntblog.blogspot.com/2007/03/codex-boreelianus-rheno-trajectinus.html Codex Boreelianus Rheno-Trajectinus] from [[the Amsterdam NT Weblog]]

[[Category:Greek New Testament uncials|Boreelianus]]
[[Category:9th-century biblical manuscripts]]

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