Codex Campianus
From Textus Receptus
Codex Campianus designated by M or 021 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 72 (von Soden), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated palaeographically to the 9th century.[1] The manuscript has complex contents.
Contents |
Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels, on 257 parchment leaves () and is written in two columns per page, 24 lines per column,<ref name = Aland/> in very elegant and small uncial letters, with breathings and accents.[1] The letters are similar to those from Codex Mosquensis II.[1]
Codex Campianus has a number of errors due contemporary changes in the pronunciation of Greek, a phenomenon known as iotacism.[1] It is a beautiful small manuscript. Besides the New Testament text, it contains Epistula ad Carpianum, Eusebian tables, Ammonian Sections, Eusebian Canons, Synaxarion, Menologion, αναγνωσματα{{#if:|
|[[Category:Articles containing {{#switch:grc
|ar = Arabic
|es = Spanish
|de = German
|fr = French
|ja = Japanese
|zh = Chinese
|bg = Bulgarian
|cs = Czech
|da = Danish
|nl = Dutch
|et = Estonian
|fi = Finnish
|el = Greek
|hu = Hungarian
|ga = Irish
|grc = Ancient Greek
|la|lat = Latin
|cy = Welsh
|en|eng = explicitly cited English
|#default = {{#ifexist:Category:Articles containing Template:ISO 639 name grc language text
|Template:ISO 639 name grc
|non-English
}}
}} language text]]
}} (i.e. notes of the Church Lessons), musical notes (in red), some Arabic scrawl on the last leaf, and a note in Slavonic.[1]
Text
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type, with a number of Caesarean readings.<ref>Bruce M. Metzger, Bart D. Ehrman, "The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration", Oxford University Press, (New York - Oxford, 2005), p. 77.</ref> Aland placed it in Category V.[1]
In Matthew 1:11 it has addition τον Ιωακιμ, Ιωακιμ δε εγεννεσεν (Ioakim, Ioakim begot) supported by the manuscripts Codex Koridethi, f1, 33, syrh and other manuscripts.[1]
It contains the pericope John 7:53-8:11 in its early stage. In John 8:11 it has interpolation: τουτο δε ειπαν πειραζοντες αυτον ινα εχωσιν κατηγοριαν κατ κατ αυτου. It does not supported by any other manuscript.[1]
History
The manuscript was called Campianus after François de Camps (1643–1723), who gave it to Louis XIV in 1707.[1] It was used by Kuster's (as Paris 2). The text was collated by S. P. Tregelles. It was examined and described by Montfaucon (with picture), Giuseppe Bianchini,[1] Wettstein, Scholz, Tischendorf, Tregelles, and Scrivener.[1]
Synaxarion and Menologion were published by Scholz in the same place as those of Codex Cyprius, and with careleness.<ref name = Tischendorf/>
Currently the codex is located in the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 48) in Paris.<ref name = Aland/>
See also
References
Further reading
- Bernard Montfaucon, "Palaeographia Graeca" (Paris, 1708), p. 260.
- Champlin, "Family E and its Allies in Matthew", S & D XXVIII (Salt Lake City, 1967), pp. 163–169.
External links
- Codex Campianus Me (021): at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism
