The Codex Frisingensis, designated by r and q or 64 (in Beuron system), is a 6th or 7th century

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manuscript of the

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. The text, written on

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, is a version of the

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. The manuscript contains the text of the

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with numerous lacunae on only 26 parchment leaves.

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, ''The Early Versions of the New Testament'',

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, 1977, p. 305. The manuscript is variously dated. Vogels and

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dated it to the 5th or 6th century, Merk to the 7th century, Bover and Kilpatrick to the 7th or 8th century. ; Contents Rom 14:10-15:13; 1 Cor 1:1-27; 1:28-3:5; 6:1-7:7; 15:1-1:43; 16:12-27; 2 Cor 1:1-2:10; 3:17-5:1; 7:10-8:12; 9:10-11:21; 12:14-13:10; Gal 2:5-4:3; 6:5-17; Eph 1:1-13; 1:16-2:16; 6:24; Phil 1:1-20; 1 Tim 1:12-2:15; 5:18-6:13; Hbr 6:6-7:5; 7:8-8:1; 9:27-11:7. 1 John 3:8 - 5:9.

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The Latin text of the codex is a representative of the

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in the ''itala'' recension. In 1 Corinthians 2:4 it supports reading πειθοις σοφιας λογοις (''plausible words of wisdom'') – (א λογος) B (D^gr 33 πιθοις) D^c

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1739 1877 1881 vg^ww eth. It contains the

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.UBS4, p. 819.

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Eight leaves were examined by

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in 1856. It was examined by Henry J. White, Wordsworth,

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, Leo Ziegler, and A. Jülicher. Currently it is housed at the

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(Clm 6436) in

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