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The ''Codex Toletanus'', designated by T, also called ''Biblia hispalense'' or Seville Bible, is a 10th-century Latin manuscript of the
Digitized image of the Codex Toletanus
World Digital Library notice (with PDF of the digitized manuscript)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Toletanus Vulgate manuscripts 10th-century biblical manuscripts
The ''Codex Toletanus'', designated by T, also called ''Biblia hispalense'' or Seville Bible, is a 10th-century Latin manuscript of the Old
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and New Testament. The text, written on vellum, is a version of the Latin Vulgate Bible, which contains the entire Bible, including the trinity reference Comma Johanneum.
Description
The text is written in three columns, 63-65 lines in a single column, in Visigothic characters, on 375 parchment leaves (43,8 by 33 cm). The Latin text of the four Gospels is a representative of the Spanish type of the Vulgate. It is the second important manuscript of the Spanish type (after Codex Cavensis). It contains the controverted text of the Comma Johanneum (1 John 5:7) in the same location as the Codex Cavensis (after v. 8). And it also contains the Prologue to the Canonical Epistles affirming the verse.History
According to the note, Servandus of Seville gave the manuscript to his friend John, Bishop of Cordova, who in turn offered it in 988 CE to the see of Servandus. The note was examined by A. Lowe, L. F. Smith, and A. C. Millares. The year 988 is usually regarded by scholars as a date of the completion of the codex. The manuscript was collated by Chr. Palomares for the Sixtine Vulgate, whose work written in 1569 is now presented in the Vatican Library (Lat. 9508). It was not used in theVulgata Clementina
The Sixto-Clementine Vulgate or Clementine Vulgate () is the edition promulgated in 1592 by Pope Clement VIII of the Vulgate—a 4th-century Latin translation of the Bible that was written largely by Jerome. It was the second edition of t ...
, as the manuscript was reached by Cardinal Antonio Carafa too late. The text was published by Giuseppe Bianchini in 1740. It was collated by John Wordsworth for his edition of the New Testament of Vulgate. Wordsworth designated the manuscript by siglum T. Currently the manuscript is housed in the National Library of Spain in Madrid (MS. Tol. 2. 1).
See also
* List of New Testament Latin manuscripts *Codex Legionensis
The codex (plural codices ) was the historical ancestor of the modern book. Instead of being composed of sheets of paper, it used sheets of vellum, papyrus, or other materials. The term ''codex'' is often used for ancient manuscript books, with ...
References
Further reading
* reprinted by Migne, PL XXIX, cols. 915-1152.External links
Digitized image of the Codex Toletanus
World Digital Library notice (with PDF of the digitized manuscript)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Toletanus Vulgate manuscripts 10th-century biblical manuscripts