Giuseppe Bianchini (1704 in
Verona
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– 1764 in
Rome
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, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
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) was an Italian
Oratorian, biblical, historical, and liturgical scholar.
Clement XII
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and
Benedict XIV
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, who highly appreciated his learning, entrusted him with several scientific labors. Bianchini had contemplated a large work on the texts of the Bible, ''Vindiciæ Canonicarum Scripturarum Vulgatæ latinæ editionis'', which was to comprise several volumes, but only the first, in which, among other things, are to be found fragments of the ''
Hexapla
''Hexapla'' ( grc, Ἑξαπλᾶ, "sixfold") is the term for a critical edition of the Hebrew Bible in six versions, four of them translated into Greek, preserved only in fragments. It was an immense and complex word-for-word comparison of the ...
'' (
Codex Chisianus), was published (Rome, 1740). Much more important is his ''Evangeliarium quadruplex latinæ versionis antiquæ'', etc., 2 vols. (Rome, 1749). Among his historical works may be mentioned the fourth volume which Bianchini added to the publication of his uncle,
Francesco Bianchini, ''Anastasii bibliothecarii Vitæ Rom. Pontif.'' (Rome, 1735); he also published the ''Demonstratio historiæ ecclesiasticæ quadripartitæ'' (Rome, 1752–54). The chief liturgical work of Bianchini is ''Liturgia antiqua hispanica, gothica, isidoriana, mozarabica, toletana mixta'' (Rome, 1746). He also undertook the edition of the works of B. Thomasius (Tomasi), but only one volume was issued (Rome, 1741).
In addition he investigated and wrote an account of the reported
spontaneous human combustion
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of the Countess
Cornelia Zangheri Bandi
Cornelia Zangari Bandi (20 July 1664 – 15 March 1731) was an Italian noblewoman, generally known for the circumstances surrounding her mysterious death, which is frequently described as a possible case of spontaneous human combustion.
Biograph ...
(Verona, 1731, later republished at Rome).
[Bianchini, G. (1743) ''Parere sopra la Cagione della morte della Comtessa Cornelia Zangari, ne' Bandi Casenate''; 3a ediz. Roma: Ottavio Puccinelli]
Bianchini examined and described many of biblical manuscripts housed in Italy, such as:
Minuscule 145,
169,
170,
171
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,
173,
174
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,
175,
176
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,
178,
179,
180
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196
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394
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397,
450,
627
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632
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Lectionary 35
Lectionary 35, designated by siglum ℓ ''35'' (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th-century. K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junac ...
,
Lectionary 46
Lectionary 46, designated by sigla ℓ ''46'' (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on purple parchment leaves. Palaeographically, it has been assigned to the 9th century. It was formerly known as ''Codex V ...
,
Lectionary 123
Lectionary 123, designated by siglum ℓ ''123'' (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th century.
Description
The codex contains les ...
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Lectionary 124
Lectionary 124, designated by siglum ℓ ''124'' (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.
Description
The codex contains le ...
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Lectionary 125
Lectionary 125, designated by siglum ℓ ''125'' (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.
Description
The codex contains l ...
,
Lectionary 126,
Lectionary 127,
Codex Cyprius
Codex Cyprius, designated by Ke or 017 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 71 ( von Soden), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the four Gospels, on parchment. It has been variously dated (8th–11th centuries), but it is currently dated to the 9th ...
,
Codex Angelicus
Codex Angelicus designated by Lap or 020 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 5 ( von Soden), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 9th century. Formerly it was known as ''Codex Passione ...
,
Codex Campianus
Codex Campianus is designated as "M" or "021" in the Gregory-Aland cataloging system and as "ε 72" in the Von Soden system. It is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated palaeographically to the 9th century. The manuscript has co ...
,
Codex Vaticanus 2066
Codex Vaticanus 2066, designed by 046 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 1070 ( von Soden), formerly it was known also as ''Codex Basilianus'', previously it was designated by Br or B2. It is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament writ ...
,
Codex Curiensis,
Codex Corbeiensis I
The Codex Corbeiensis I, designated by ff1 or 9 (in the Beuron system), is an 8th, 9th, or 10th-century Latin New Testament manuscript. The text, written on vellum, is a version of the old Latin. The manuscript contains 39 parchment folios with the ...
,
Codex Corbeiensis II,
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 ...
.
Works
* ''Evangeliarium quadruplex latinæ versionis antiquæ seu veteris italicæ'' (Rome, 1749)
Footnotes
References
*Villarosa, ''Memorie degli Scrittori Filippini'' (Naples, 1837)
*Mangenot, ''Joseph Bianchini et les anciennes versions latines de la Bible'' (Amiens, 1892)
*
Hurter, Hugo von, ''Nomenclator'', III, 71 sqq.
*''This article incorporates text from the 1913 ''
Catholic Encyclopedia
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'' article
Giuseppe Bianchini by R. Butin, a publication now in the
public domain
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1704 births
1764 deaths
18th-century Italian male writers
Italian biblical scholars
18th-century Italian historians
Liturgists
Writers from Verona