Codex Sangermanensis II explained

The Codex Sangermanensis II, designated by g² or 29 (in Beuron system^[1]), is a 10th-century Latin manuscript of the New Testament. The text, written on vellum, is a version of the Latin.^[2]

Description

The manuscript contains text of the four Gospels on 166 parchment leaves (21.5 x 14 cm).^[3]

The Latin text of the Gospels is a mixed of Old Latin and Vulgate.^[4]

History

It was examined by Samuel Berger, Paul Sabatier, and John Wordsworth. Sabatier published its text.^[2] Currently it is housed at the National Library of France (fond lat. 13169) in Paris.^[2]

See also

• List of New Testament Latin manuscripts
• Codex Sangermanensis I
• Codex Gatianum

Further reading

• Samuel Berger: Histoire de la Vulgate pendant les premiers siècles du Moyen Age. Paris: 1893, p. 48.

Notes and References

1. Roger Gryson, Altlateinische Handschriften / Manuscripts Vieux Latins, 2 Vol. (Vetus Latina. Die Reste der Altlateinischen Bibel 1,2a–b), Herder : Freiburg 1999; 2004
2. Book: Metzger , Bruce M. . Bruce M. Metzger

   . Bruce M. Metzger . The Early Versions of the New Testament . . 1977 . London . 298 . 0-19-826170-5 .

3. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory

   . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . Hinrichs . 1902 . Leipzig . 2 . 604 . 1-4021-6347-9.

4. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener

   . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 2 . 47 .