The Codex Gatianum, designated by gat or 30 (in Beuron system), is an 8th-century
Latin
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manuscript of the
New Testament
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. The text, written on
vellum
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, is a version of the
Old Latin
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.
Description
The manuscript contains the text of the four
Gospel
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s. The Latin text of the Gospels is a representative of the Old Latin version.
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History
Sabatier dated the manuscript to the 7th century, Kilkpatrick to the 8th century. The text was published by Paul Sabatier Paul Sabatier may refer to:
*Paul Sabatier (chemist) (1854–1941), French chemist and Nobel Prize winner
*Paul Sabatier (theologian) (1858–1928), French clergyman and historian
See also
*Paul Sabatier University
Paul Sabatier University (''U ...
and J. M. Heer in 1910. It was examined by Heer and Love.[
Currently it is housed at the National Library of France (fond lat. 1587) in ]Paris
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See also
* List of New Testament Latin manuscripts
The following articles contain lists of New Testament manuscripts:
In Coptic
* List of Coptic New Testament manuscripts
In Greek
* List of New Testament papyri
* List of New Testament uncials
* List of New Testament minuscules
** List of N ...
* Codex Sangermanensis I
The Codex Sangermanensis I, designated by g1 or 7 (in Beuron system), is a Latin manuscript, dated AD 822 of portions of the Old Testament and the New Testament. The text, written on vellum, is a version of the Latin. The manuscript contains the Vu ...
References
Further reading
* Joseph M. Heer
''Evangelium Gatianum''
(Freiburg 1910).
External links
DER LATEINISCHE TEXT DES MATTHÄUSEVANGELIUMS DER MONSEER FRAGMENTE
Vetus Latina New Testament manuscripts
8th-century biblical manuscripts
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