Codex Veronensis (R, Verona,
Chapter Library) is a 6th-century manuscript of the
Psalter in
Greek
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Greece
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*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
and
Latin
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. The codex consists of 405 leaves, measuring 10½ x 7½ inches; each page contains 26 lines. The Greek text appears at each opening on the left-hand page, and the Latin on the right.
Both texts are written in Roman characters. A few lacunae (Ps. 1. 1—2. 7, 65. 20—68. 3, 68. 26—33, 105. 43—106. 2) have been supplied by a later hand, which has also added the ψαλμὸς ἰδιόγραφος (Ps. 151.). The Psalms are followed prima manu by eight
canticle
A canticle (from the Latin ''canticulum'', a diminutive of ''canticum'', "song") is a hymn, psalm or other Christian song of praise with lyrics usually taken from biblical or holy texts. Canticles are used in Christian liturgy.
Catholic Church ...
s (Exod. 15. 1—21, Deut. 32. 1—44, 1 Regn. 2. 1—10, Isa. 5. 1—9, Jon. 2. 3—10, Hab. 3. 1—10,
Magnificat
The Magnificat (Latin for " y soulmagnifies he Lord) is a canticle, also known as the Song of Mary, the Canticle of Mary and, in the Byzantine tradition, the Ode of the Theotokos (). It is traditionally incorporated into the liturgical servic ...
, Dan. 3. 23 ff.).
Printed by Bianchini in his ''Vindiciae canonicarum scripturarum, T. I. (Rome, 1740), and used by Lagarde in the apparatus of his ''Specimen and Psalterii Gr. quinquagena prima'', and in the ''Cambridge manual Septuagint'' (1891). A new collation was made in 1892 by H. A. Redpath, which has been employed in 142the second edition of ''The Old Testament in Greek'' (1896); but it is much to be wished that the Verona Chapter may find it possible to have this important Psalter photographed.
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