Oriental MS 1316
Oriental MS 1001, Bohairic-Arabic, uncial manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. It is dated to the year 1663. Horner designated the manuscript by siglum H3.[1]
Description
[edit]It contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 253 paper leaves (30 by 21 cm), in octavo. The text is written in two columns per page, 36 lines per page.[1]
It contains the Eusebian tables, Prolegomena, tables of the κεφαλαια before each Gospel, and pictures;[2] it is illuminated.[3] the Ammonian sections and a references to the Eusebian Canons in red.[1]
The nomina sacra are written in an abbreviated way.[4]
History
[edit]It is dated by a colophon to the year 1663.[1]
In 1721 it was presented to the Church of Our Lady and Saint George in Harat ar-Rum.[2] Lightfoot, Arthur Headlam examined the manuscript.[5]
Currently it is housed at the British Library (Oriental MS 1316) in London.
See also
[edit]- List of the Coptic New Testament manuscripts
- Coptic versions of the Bible
- Biblical manuscript
- Additional MS 14470
- Oriental MS 425
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d George Horner, The Coptic Version of the New Testament in the Northern Dialect, otherwise called Memphitic and Bohairic, 1 vol. (1898), p. CI
- ^ a b Gregory, Caspar René (1902). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 2. Leipzig. p. 539.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. 2. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 113.
- ^ George Horner, The Coptic Version of the New Testament in the Northern Dialect, otherwise called Memphitic and Bohairic, 1 vol. (1898), p. CII
- ^ Constantin von Tischendorf, Novum Testamentum Graece Editio Octava Critica Maior, vol. III, p. 871
Further reading
[edit]- George Horner, The Coptic Version of the New Testament in the Northern Dialect, otherwise called Memphitic and Bohairic, 1 vol. (1898), pp. CI-CII