Oriental MS 425 explained

Oriental MS 425, is a bilinguical Bohairic-Arabic, uncial manuscript of the New Testament, on paper, now in the British Library in London. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1308. The manuscript is lacunose.

Description

It contains the text of the four Gospels on 164 paper leaves (25.4 by 18.5 cm) with a large lacunae (Luke, John 1:1-19:6; 20:13-21:13). The text is written in two columns per page, 33 lines per page.[1] It contains the Eusebian tables, tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια, numerals of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια are given in Coptic and Greek, the Ammonian Sections, a references to the Eusebian Canons, and pictures.[2]

It lacks text of Matthew 18:11.[2]

History

The manuscript was written by Joannes, a scribe.[3]

The manuscript was purchased by Archdeacon Henry Tattam's sale.[2] The manuscript was examined by Lightfoot and Arthur Headlam.[1]

Horner saw the manuscript in 1892. He used it in his edition of the Bohairic New Testament as a basis for the text of the Gospels.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . 1902 . Leipzig . 2 . 538 .
  2. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 112 .
  3. [Constantin von Tischendorf]
  4. George Horner, The Coptic Version of the New Testament in the Northern Dialect, otherwise called Memphitic and Bohairic, 4 vols. (1898-1905; repr. Osnabrück: 1969).