The “Russian Codex” ( lat. Codex Rossanensis ; symbol: Σ or 042 ) is an unified sixth-century Greek manuscript containing the text of the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Mark with a gap in Mark 16.14-20 [1] [2] . The name of the manuscript comes from the city in which the manuscript was found.
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| Rossian Codex . VI century | ||
| Codex Rossanensis | ||
| Parchment. 30.7 × 26 cm | ||
| Museo Diocesano di Arte Sacra di Rossano , Rossano | ||
In 2015, UNESCO was included in the Memory of the World Register [3] .
Manuscript Features
The Rossan Codex is written in silver ink on purple parchment and contains 188 parchment sheets (307 mm x 260 mm) (376 pages). The first three lines of each of the Gospels, as well as the abbreviations for the words “God” and “Jesus” (nomina sacra) are highlighted in gold letters. The text on the page is located in two columns, 20 lines each [2] . The Codex is the oldest known manuscript decorated with miniatures made with watercolors along with the text [4] .
The Rossian Codex, together with the Sinop Codex (O), the Berat Codex (Φ) and the St. Petersburg Purple Codex (N), belongs to the group of purple uncial manuscripts.
The Greek text of the manuscript reflects the Byzantine type of text ; it is very close to the St. Petersburg Purple Codex . The manuscript is assigned to the 5th category of Alanda [2] . The text of the manuscript was published by Gebhard (O. von Gebhard) in 1883 .
According to the museum’s website, the codex contains 14 miniatures [5] , although Metzger called 17 [4] , 12 of them are dedicated to the biography of Christ.
History
The manuscript was found in 1879 in Rossano in southern Italy [1] . From the structure of the book it can be seen that the "code" is half the genuine book. Two missing gospels disappeared in a fire that occurred in the temple in the 17th century [5] . The codex appeared in Rossano, apparently, in the VIII century along with Christians who fled from Muslim expansion.
See also
- List of Unified Manuscripts of the New Testament
- Purple parchment manuscripts
- Petersburg Purple Codex
- Sinop Codex
- Berat Codex
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 CR Gregory, Textkritik des Neuen Testaments , Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 92
- ↑ 1 2 3 Kurt und Barbara Aland, Der Text der Neuen Testaments. Einführung in die wissenschaftlichen Ausgaben sowie in Theorie und Praxis der modernen Textkritik . Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart 1981, S. 123. ISBN 3-438-06011-6 .
- ↑ The Codex Purpureus Rossanensis, UNESCO Memory of the World Program, 2015-10-09
- ↑ 1 2 Bruce M. Metzger , Bart D. Ehrman , The Text Of The New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration , New York - Oxford 2005, Oxford University Press
- ↑ 1 2 Codex on the Museum Website
Literature
- Oscar von Gebhardt, Die Evangelien des Matthaeus und des Marcus aus dem Codex purpureus Rossanensis . Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1883
- Walther, Ingo F. and Norbert Wolf. Codices Illustres: The world's most famous illuminated manuscripts, 400 to 1600 . Köln, TASCHEN, 2005. pp 62-63.
- Kurt Weitzmann. Late Antique and Early Christian Book Illumination . New York: George Braziller, 1977.
- Bruce M. Metzger , Bart D. Ehrman , The Text Of The New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration , New York - Oxford 2005, Oxford University Press
- Likhacheva V. D. The Art of Byzantium IV - Xv centuries. - M.: Art , 1986 - S. 78-80.