The Codex Brixianus (

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, Biblioteca Civica Queriniana, s.n.), designated by f, is a 6th-century

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Gospel Book which was probably produced in

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The manuscript contains 419 folios. The text, written on purple dyed vellum in silver ink, is a version of the

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translation which seems to be connected with the Gothic translation of Ulfilas. At the base of each page is an arcade very similar to that found in the

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. Furthermore, the Latin text shows readings which seem to be influenced by the Gothic Bible translation.

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It has some lacunae (; ; ; ). It was named Brixianus after

in Italy, where it is housed. In Luke 7:31, it contains the phrase "tunc ergo iesus dixit". In John 11:41, alone of all the Old Latin Gospels, it had in the original hand the truncated reading "ubi fuerat", a translation of ου ην, the reading of A, K, P, 0211, 0250, f1, 22, 579, al. This matches the Gothic reading "þarei was."

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