Editing Codex Freerianus

'''Codex Freerianus''', designated by '''I''' or '''016''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), α 1041 ([[Biblical manuscript#Von Soden|von Soden]]), also called the ''Washington Manuscript of the Pauline Epistles'', is a 5th century [[manuscript]] in an [[uncial]] hand on [[vellum]] in Greek. 

It is named after [[Charles Lang Freer]], who purchased it in [[Egypt]]. The Codex is now located  in the [[Freer Gallery of Art]] at the [[Smithsonian Institution]]in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]], with the shelf number 06.275.<sup>[1]</sup>

==Contents==

: [[1 Corinthians 10:29]], 11:9-10. 18-19. 26-27; 12:3-4. 27-28; 14:12-13. 22.32-33; 15:3.15.27-28.38-39.59-50; 16:1-2.12-13; 
: [[2 Corinthians 1:1]].9.16-17; 2:3-4.14; 3:6-7.16-17; 4:6-7.16-17; 5:8-10.17-18; 6:6-8.16-18; 7:7-8.13-14; 8:6-7.14-17; 8:24-9:1; 9:7-8; 9:15-10:1; 10:8-10; 10:17-11:2; 11:9-10.20-21.28-29; 12:6-7.14-15; 13:1-2.10-11; 
: [[Galatians 1:1]]-3, 11-13, 1:22-2:1, 2:8-9, 16-17, 3:6-8, 16-17, 24-28, 4:8-10, 20-23; 
: [[Ephesians 2:15]]-18, 3:6-8, 18-20, 4:9-11, 17-19, 28-30, 5:6-11, 20-24, 5:32-6:1, 6:10-12, 19-21; 
: [[Philippians 1:1]]-4, 11-13, 20-23, 2:1-3, 12-14, 25-27, 3:4-6, 14-17, 4:3-6, 13-15; 
: [[Colossians 1:1]]-4, 10-12, 20-22, 27-29, 2:7-9, 16-19, 3:5-8, 15-17, 3:25-4:2, 4:11-13; 
: [[1 Thessalonians 1:1]]-2, 9-10, 2:7-9, 14-16, 3:2-5, 11-13, 4:7-10, 4:16-5:1, 5:9-12, 23-27; 
: [[2 Thessalonians 1:1]]-3, 10-11, 2:5-8, 14-17, 3:8-10; 
: [[Hebrews 1:1]]-3. 9-12; 2:4-7.12-14; 3:4-6.14-16; 4:3-6.12-14; 5:5-7; 6:1-3.10-13; 6:20-7:2; 7:7-11.18-20; 7:27-8:1; 8:7-9; 9:1-4.9-11.16-19. 25-27; 10:5-8.16-18.26-29.35-38; 11:6-7.12-15.22-24.31-33; 11:38-12:1; 12:7-9.16-18.25-27; 13:7-9.16-18.23-25;
: [[1 Timothy 1:1]]-3.10-13; 1:19-2:1; 2:9-13; 3:7-9; 4:1-3.10-13; 5:5-9.16-19; 6:1-2.9-11.17-19; 
: [[2 Timothy 1:1]]-3.10-12; 2:2-5.14-16.22-24; 3:6-8; 3:16-4:1; 4:8-10.18-20; 
: [[Titus 1:1]]-3.10-11; 2:4-6.14-15; 3:8-9; 
: [[Philemon 1]]-3. 14-16.<sup>[2]</sup>

==Description==
The codex contains portions of the [[Pauline epistles]] except [[Epistle to the Romans|Romans]]. It contains the ''[[Epistle to the Hebrews]]''. The Hebrews follows [[2 Thessalonians]]. The manuscript is generally dated from the fifth century, though a few have suggested the sixth century instead. The codex originally contained about 210 parchment leaves (25 x 20), of which only 84 survive in a fragmentary condition. The text of the codex contains a lot of lacunae. It was written in one column per page, 30 lines per column.<sup>[3]</sup> The letters and words are not separated from one another (scriptio-continua). 

The Greek text of this codex, which was edited by H. A. Sanders in 1921, is a good representative of the [[Alexandrian text-type]], agreeing more closely with [[Codex Sinaiticus|א]], [[Codex Alexandrinus|A]], [[Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus|C]], and [[Minuscule 33|33]], than with [[Papyrus 46|P<sup>46</sup>]], [[Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209|B]] or 1739.<sup>[4]</sup> [[Kurt Aland|Aland]] placed it in [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts#Category II|Category II]], ascribing it to the Egyptian text.<sup>[5]</sup> Its fragmentary nature limits its usefulness.

In [[2 Timothy 1:11]] it reads καὶ διδάσκαλος (''and teacher'') along with א*, [[Codex Alexandrinus|A]], 1175, syr<sup>pal</sup>; majority of manuscripts read καὶ διδάσκαλος ἐθνῶν (''and teacher of nations'').<sup>[6]</sup>

==See also==
* [[List of New Testament uncials]]
* [[Biblical Manuscripts in the Freer Collection]]
* [[Textual criticism]]
* [[Codex Washingtonianus]]

==Notes==

* 1. Codex Washingtonianus has number 06.274 in the same Gallery.
* 2. Nestle-Aland, Novum Testamentum Graece, Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, p. 610.
* 3. Aland, Kurt; Barbara Aland; Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
* 4. Frederic G. Kenyon, Our Bible and the Ancient Manuscripts (4th ed.), London 1939.
* 5. Bruce M. Metzger, The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration, 1968 etc, Oxford University Press, p. 54.
* 6. UBS3, p. 732.

==Further reading==

* C. R. Gregory, ''Das Freer Logion, Versuche und Entwürfe'' 1 (Leipzig, 1905). 
* H. A. Sanders, [http://www.archive.org/stream/newtestamentmanu00sanduoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''The New Testament Manuscripts in the Freer Collection''], The Macmillan Company, New York – London 1918. 
* [[William Hatch|W. H. P. Hatch]], ''The Principal Uncial Manuscripts Of The New Testament'', 1939, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago. 
* Thomas A. Wayment, ''Two new Textual Variants from the Freer Pauline Codex (I)'', JBL 123/4 (2004), pp.&nbsp;737–740. 
* [[Larry W. Hurtado]], ''The Freer Biblical Manuscripts. Fresh Studies of an American Treasure Trove'', Brill 2007.

==External links==
* [http://www.skypoint.com/members/waltzmn/ManuscriptsUncials.html#uIp Codex Freerianus I (016)]: at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism.

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