GREEK CODICES OF THE BIBLE

NAME,
ABBREVIATION
& CODEX No.
APPROX.
DATE
CITY,
LIBRARY,
INVENTORY No.
Sinaiticus
`
01
4th cent.
London
British Museum
Add. 43725
Alexandrianus
A
02
5th cent.
London
British Museum
Royal 1 D. VIII
Vaticanus
B
03
4th cent.
Rome
Vatican Library
Gr. 1209
Ephraemi
C
04
5th cent.
Paris, France
Bibliothque Nationale
Gr. 9
Bezae
(Cantabrigiensis)
D
05
5th cent.
Cambridge, England
University Library
Nn. II 41
Claromontanus
D
p

06
6th cent.
Paris, France
Bibliothque Nationale
Gr. 107
Basiliensis
E
07
8th cent.
Basel, Switzerland
Universit Bibliothque
AN III 12
Laudianus
E
a

08
6th7th cent.
Oxford, England
Bodleian Library
Gr. 35
Sangermanensis
E
p

9th10th cent. Leningrad, Russia
Boreelianus
F
09
9th cent.
Utrecht, Netherlands
University Library
Ms. 1
Augiensis
F
p

010
9th cent.
Cambridge, England
Trinity College
Wolfii A
G
011
10th cent.
London, England
British Museum
Harley 5684
Boernerianus
G
p

012
9th cent. Dresden, Germany
Wolfii B
H
013
9th10th cent.
Hamburg, Germany
Codex 91
Mutinensis
H
a

014
9th cent.
Modena
Grand Ducal Library
G. 196
Coislinianus
H
p

015
6th cent.
Mt. Athos, Greece
monastery of the Laura
(leaves in various libraries)
Washington
I
016
5th cent.
Washington, DC
Smithsonian Institution
Freer Museum
06. 275
Cyprius
K
017
9th10th cent.
Paris, France
Bibliothque Nationale
Gr. 63
Mosquensis
K
ap

018
9th10th cent.
Moscow, Russia
History Museum
V.93, S.97
Regius
L
019
8th cent.
Paris, France
Bibliothque Nationale
Gr. 62
Angelicus 9th cent.
Rome, Italy
Angelican Library
L
ap

020
39
Campianus
M
021
9th cent.
Paris, France
Bibliothque Nationale
Gr. 48
Purpureus Petropolitanus
N
022
6th cent.
Leningrad, Russia
Imperial Library
(and numerous other museums)
Sinopensis
O
023
6th cent.
Paris, France
Bibliothque Nationale

P
024
6th cent.
Wolfenbttel, Germany
Herzog-August-Bibliothek
Weissenburg 64
Porphyrianus
P
apr

025
9th cent.
Leningrad, Russia
Public Library
Gr. 225

Q
026
5th cent.
Wolfenbttel, Germany
Herzog-August-Bibliothek
Weissenburg 64
Nitriensis
R
027
6th cent.
London, England
British Museum
Add. 17211

S
028
AD 949
Rome, Italy
Vatican Library
Gr. 354
Borgianus
T
029
5th cent.
Rome, Italy
Collegium de Proppaganda Fide
Borg. Copt. 109

U
030
9th cent.
Venice, Italy
Library of San Marco
1397
Mosquensis
V
031
9th cent.
Moscow, Russia
History Museum
V.9, S. 399
Freer
W
032
4th5th cent.
Washington, DC
Smithsonian Institution
Freer Museum
06.274
Monacensis
X
033
10th cent.
Munich, Germany
University Library
fol. 30

Y
034
9th cent.
Cambridge, England
University Library
Add. 6594
Dublinensis
Z
035
6th cent.
Dublin, Ireland
Trinity College
K. 3.4

I
036
10th cent.
Oxford, England
Bodleian Library
Auct. T. infr. 2.2
Sangallensis
A
037
9th cent.
St. Gallen
Stiftsbibliothek
48
Koridethi
O
038
9th cent.
Tbilisi, Georgia
Inst. Rukop.
Gr. 28
Tischendorfianus III
A
039
9th cent.
Oxford, England
Bodleian Library
Auct. T. infr. 1.1
Zacynthius

040
6th cent.
London, England
British and Foreign Bible Society 24
Petropolitanus
H
041
9th cent.
Leningrad, Russia
State Public Library
Gr. 34
Rossanensis
E
042
6th cent.
Rossano, Italy
Curia arcivescovile
Beratinus 6th cent. Tirana, Albania
u
043
Staatsarchiv
Nr. 1
Athous Laurae
+
044
7th8th cent.
Mt. Athos, Greece
Laura monastery
B'52
Athous Dionysiou
O
045
9th cent.
Mt. Athos, Greece
Dionysius monastery
55
Vaticanus 2066
046
10th cent.
Rome, Italy
Vatican Library
Gr. 2066
047 8th cent.
Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton Univ. Library
Medieval and Ren. Mss. Garret 1
048 5th cent.
Rome, Italy
Vatican Library
Gr. 2061
049 9th cent.
Mt. Athos, Greece
Laura monastery
A'88
050 9th cent.
Athens, Greece
National Library
1371
(and pieces in other libraries)
051 10 cent.
Mt. Athos, Greece
Pantokratoros monastery
A'88
052 10 cent.
Mt. Athos, Greece
Pantokratoros monastery
A'88
053 9th cent.
Munich, Germany
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
Gr. 208
054 8th cent.
Rome, Italy
Vatican Library
Barb. Gr. 521
057 4th5th cent.
Berlin, Germany
Staatliche Museen
P. 9808
058 4th cent.
Vienna, Austria
sterreiches National Bibliothek
Pap. G. 39782
059 4th5th cent.
Vienna, Austria
sterreiches National Bibliothek
Pap. G. 39779 + 36112
060 6th cent.
Berlin, Germany
Staatliche Museen
P. 5877
These numbers go to 0276




TEXT TYPES

private letter in Greek: P.Duk.inv.98r
(from the Duke Papyrus Archive)
NAME

MAJOR WITNESSES

Alexandrian


Byzantine


Caesarean


Western






SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY


Aland, Kurt, et al., editors. Greek-English New Testament. Stuttgart, Germany: Deutsche
Bibelgesellschaft, 1986.

Aland, Kurt. Repetitorium der griechischen christlichen Papyri I : Biblische Papyri.
Patristische Texte und Studien, vol. 18. Berlin: deGruyter, 1976.

Brown, S. Kent. "Sayings of Jesus, Oxyrhynchus." In Anchor Bible Dictionary 5:999-
1001. D. N. Freedman, ed. New York: Doubleday, 1992.

Epp, Eldon J. "Textual Criticism (NT)." In Anchor Bible Dictionary 6:412-35. D. N.
Freedman, ed. New York: Doubleday, 1992.

Gamble, Harry Y. "Egerton Papyrus 2." In Anchor Bible Dictionary 2:317-18. D. N.
Freedman, ed. New York: Doubleday, 1992.

Grenfell, B. P. and A. S. Hunt, editors. The Amherst Papyri, Being an Account of the
Greek Papyri in the Collection of the Right Hon. Lord Amherst of Hackney, F.S.A. at
Didlington Hall, Norfolk. 2 vols. London, 1900-1901.

Judge, E. A. and S. R. Pickering. "Papyrus Documentation of Church and Community in
Egypt to the Mid-Fourth Century." J ahrbuch fr Antike und Christentum20 (1977):47-
71.

Kenyon, Frederic G. The Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri: Description and Texts of Twelve
Manuscripts on Papyrus of the Greek Bible. London, 193341.

Koester, Helmut. Ancient Christian Gospels: Their History and Development. London:
SCM; Philadelphia: Trinity Press International, 1990.

Lewis, Naphtali. Papyrus in Classical Antiquity. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 1974.

Metzger, Bruce M. The Text of the New Testament: I ts Transmission, Corruption, and
Restoration. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1968.

Pickering, S. R. "Papyri, Early Christian." In Anchor Bible Dictionary 5:143-46. D. N.
Freedman, ed. New York: Doubleday, 1992.

Pietersma, Albert. "Bodmer Papyri." In Anchor Bible Dictionary 1:766-77. D. N.
Freedman, ed. New York: Doubleday, 1992.

Pietersma, Albert. "Chester Beatty Papyri." In Anchor Bible Dictionary 1:901-3. D. N.
Freedman, ed. New York: Doubleday, 1992.

Roberts, Colin H. Manuscript, Society and Belief in Early christian Egypt. London, 1979.

Turner, E. G. Greek Manuscripts of the Ancient World. Rev. ed. edited by P. J. Parsons.
BIC Supplements, 46. London, 1987.

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