Codex Zacynthius

The Codex Zakynthius ( Gregory -Aland no Ξ or 040; von Soden A1 ) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, which is dated to the 6th century. The manuscript is not complete. The text has been overwritten by a Lectionary ( 299 ℓ ) from the 12th to the 13th century.

Content

The manuscript consists of the Gospel according to Luke from 1.1 to 11.33 with many gaps on 89 parchment leaves. The format is 36 x 29 cm, the text is in two columns. The uncial letters are tall and thin to thick parchment. Spiritus asper, Spiritus lenis and accents are missing. The manuscript is a palimpsest, the younger writing is a Minuskellektionar from the 12th or 13th century.

Content

Luke 1,1-9.19-23.27.22.30-32.36-66.77-2,19.21.22.33-39; 3,5-8.11-20; 4,1.2.6-20.32-43; 5.17 to 36; 6,21-7,6.11-37.39-47; 8,4-21.25-35.43-50; 9,1-28.32.33.35.41-10,18.21-10; 11,1.2.3.4.24-30.31.32.33.

The Codex contains Zakynthius Katenen from Origen, Chrysostom, Cyril and others and is the oldest surviving manuscript with a Katene.

Text

The Greek text of Codex represents the Alexandrian text-type. The text of the Codex is assigned to category III.

History

Colin Macaulay brought this manuscript in 1820 from the island of Zakynthos (hence Zakynthius ) to London. Here she was part of the library of the British and Foreign Bible Society ( Signature: Mss 24). Scholz they saw in 1845, Paul de Lagarde in 1883. The manuscript was collated by Tregelles (1864 ).

The Codex is held since 1984 on loan from the Bible Society in the Cambridge University Library ( BFBS Ms 213, Mss 24). The end of 2013 it was announced that the Bible Society wants to sell the manuscript to finance the construction of a visitor center. The University of Cambridge was given a right of first refusal and strives to raise the required sum to February 2014.