Codex Beratinus

The Codex Beratinus, Purple Code ( Gregory -Aland no 043 or Φ; von Soden ε 17), is an illustrated Greek manuscript of the New Testament, which is dated to the 6th century. The handwriting is not completely preserved.

Description

The manuscript consists of the St. Matthew and St. Mark's Gospel to 190 purple parchment leaves with gaps (Matthew 1.1 to 6.3; 7.26 to 8.7; 18.23 to 19.3, Mark 14.62 -fin. ). It has a size of 31 × 27 cm. The text is in two columns of 17 lines, each with 8-12 letters. The letters of the uncial are simple, round and square, the writing is silver. Accents, spiritus asper and lenis missing.

Text

The ancient Greek text of the codex represents the Byzantine text-type and the category V is assigned.

This manuscript has long addition in Matthew 20:28 (such as Codex Bezae ).

History

In 1356, the manuscript in John Theologos Monastery was located in the town of Berat. Hence the name Codex Beratinus comes. In 1868 the archbishop Anthymus D. Alexoudes mentioned the Codex and John Sakkelion told Louis Duchesne in 1875 on Patmos from him.

The Codex Beratinus is a UNESCO World Documentary Heritage (Albania) out ( 2005).

The Codex is preserved in the State Archives (No. 1) in Tirana.