Editing Codex Theodulphianus

The '''Codex Theodulphianus''', designated '''Θ''', is a 10th-century [[Latin]] manuscript of the [[Old Testament|Old]] and [[New Testament]]. The text, written on [[vellum]], is a version of the Latin [[Vulgate]] Bible. It contains the whole Bible,<sup>[1]</sup> with some parts written on [[purple parchment|purple vellum]].

== Description ==

The [[Book of Psalms]] and the four [[Gospel]]s are written on purple parchment in letters of silver (initial letters are in gold).<sup>[1]</sup> The text is written in a minute [[Lower case|minuscule]] hand.<sup>[1]</sup><sup>[2]</sup> The Latin text of the Gospel is a representative of the [[Theodulf of Orléans|Theodulphianus]] recension of the Vulgate, and is considered the most important witness of this recension (other manuscripts are [[Codex Annicensis]] and [[Codex Hubertatus]]).<sup>[1]</sup> It bears a strong textual resemblance to the Codex Hubertanus, although it is written in a smaller hand.<sup>[2]</sup> The text of the [[Gospel of Matthew]] is very close to the [[Codex Cavensis]]. The [[Books of Kings]], [[Book of Chronicles]], [[Book of Ezra]], and [[Pauline epistles]] (partially) are close textually to the Spanish type of the Vulgate. In [[Book of Genesis]], [[Book of Joshua]], and [[Book of Judges]], the text is close to the [[Codex Amiatinus]].<sup>[3]</sup>

The Codex contains the [[Comma Johanneum]] ([[1 John 5:7]]), referring to the [[trinity]], in its usual location (unlike the Codex Cavensis and [[Codex Toletanus]]).<sup>[1]</sup>

== History ==

E. A. Lowe dated the manuscript to the eight or ninth century.<sup>[1]</sup> Formerly it belonged to the [[Orléans Cathedral|Cathedral of Orleans]], the family of the Mesmes, then to the National Library of France.<sup>[1]</sup> The manuscript was examined and described by Samuel Berger.<sup>[1]</sup> It was collated by [[John Wordsworth]] and [[Henry Julian White|H. J. White]] for their edition of the text of the Vulgate.<sup>[2]</sup> Currently the manuscript is housed in the [[Bibliothèque nationale de France]] in [[Paris]] (Lat. 9380).<sup>[1]</sup>

== See also ==
* [[List of New Testament Latin manuscripts]]

== References ==
* 1. [[Bruce M. Metzger]], ''The Early Versions of the New Testament'', Oxford University Press, 1977, p. 344-345.
* 2. [[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose]]; [[Edward Miller]] (1894). [[A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament]]. 2 (4 ed.). London: [[George Bell & Sons]]. p. 69.
* 3. Berger, Samuel (1893). [https://archive.org/stream/histoiredelavul01berggoog#page/n178/mode/2up Histoire de la Vulgate pendant les premiers siècles du Moyen] (in French). Paris. pp. 150–151.

== Further reading ==

* [https://archive.org/stream/histoiredelavul01berggoog#page/n178/mode/2up Histoire de la Vulgate pendant les premiers siècles du Moyen]

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