Codex Sangermanensis I

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The Codex Sangermanensis I, designated by g¹ or 7, is a 7th or 8th century Latin manuscript of the New Testament. The text, written on vellum, is a version of the old Latin. The manuscript contains the Vulgate Bible, on 191 leaves (39.3 by 33 cm) of which, in the New Testament, the Gospels contain Old Latin readings.^[1] It contains Shepherd of Hermas.

Contents 1 Description 2 History 3 See also 4 References 5 Further reading

Description

It contains Euthalian apparatus to the epistles.^[2]

The Latin text of the Gospels is a representative of the Western text-type in itala recension.^[2] The text of Vulgate is with strong admixture of Old Latin elements. The Order of books in New Testament: Gospels, Acts, Catholic epistles, Apocalypse, and Pauline epistles.^[3]

In Matthew 8:13 It has additional text: και υποστρεψας ο εκατονταρχος εις τον οικον αυτου εν αυτη τη ωρα ευρεν τον παιδα υγιαινοντα (and when the centurion returned to the house in that hour, he found the slave well) — Codex Sinaiticus, C, (N), Θ, (0250), f¹, (33, 1241), syr^h.^[4]

History

The manuscript formerly was held in the Library of St. Germain des Pres (15). The manuscript was known for Robert Estienne, who used it in his edition of Latin Bible, published in 1538-1540 and again in 1546, quotes as Germ. Lat. It was examined by R. Simon,^[5] Bianchini, published by Sabatier and Wordsworth.^[1] Currently it is housed at the National Library of France (fond lat. 11553) in Paris.^[1]

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. 298.
• 2. Gregory, Caspar René (1902). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. 2. Leipzig. p. 604.
• 3. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. 2. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 70.
• 4. NA26, p. 18
• 5. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. 2. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 47.

Further reading

• J. Wordsworth, The Gospel According to St. Matthew from St. German MS g¹, (Old Latin Biblical Texts), I (Oxford, 1883), pp. 5-46.
• A. Jülicher, Itala. Das Neue Testament in Altlateinischer Überlieferung, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York, 1976.