Oriental MS 1316 explained

Oriental MS 1001, Bohairic-Arabic, uncial manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. It is dated to the year 1663. Horner designated the manuscript by siglum H₃.

Description

It contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 253 paper leaves (30 by 21 cm), in octavo. The text is written in two columns per page, 36 lines per page.^[1]

It contains the Eusebian tables, Prolegomena, tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια before each Gospel, and pictures;^[2] it is illuminated.^[3] the Ammonian sections and a references to the Eusebian Canons in red.^[1]

The nomina sacra are written in an abbreviated way.^[4]

History

It is dated by a colophon to the year 1663.^[1]

In 1721 it was presented to the Church of Our Lady and Saint George in Harat ar-Rum.^[2] Lightfoot, Arthur Headlam examined the manuscript.^[5]

Currently it is housed at the British Library (Oriental MS 1316) in London.

See also

• List of the Coptic New Testament manuscripts
• Coptic versions of the Bible
• Biblical manuscript
• Additional MS 14470
• Oriental MS 425

Further reading

• George Horner, The Coptic Version of the New Testament in the Northern Dialect, otherwise called Memphitic and Bohairic, 1 vol. (1898), pp. CI-CII

Notes and References

1. George Horner, The Coptic Version of the New Testament in the Northern Dialect, otherwise called Memphitic and Bohairic, 1 vol. (1898), p. CI
2. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . 1902 . Leipzig . 2 . 539 .
3. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 113 .
4. George Horner, The Coptic Version of the New Testament in the Northern Dialect, otherwise called Memphitic and Bohairic, 1 vol. (1898), p. CII
5. [Constantin von Tischendorf]