Giuseppe Bianchini (1704 in
Verona
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– 1764 in
Rome
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) was an Italian
Oratorian, biblical, historical, and liturgical scholar.
Clement XII
Pope Clement XII ( la, Clemens XII; it, Clemente XII; 7 April 16526 February 1740), born Lorenzo Corsini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 12 July 1730 to his death in February 1740.
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and
Benedict XIV, who highly appreciated his learning, entrusted him with several scientific labors. Bianchini had contemplated a large work on the texts of the Bible, ''Vindiciæ Canonicarum Scripturarum Vulgatæ latinæ editionis'', which was to comprise several volumes, but only the first, in which, among other things, are to be found fragments of the ''
Hexapla
''Hexapla'' ( grc, Ἑξαπλᾶ, "sixfold") is the term for a critical edition of the Hebrew Bible in six versions, four of them translated into Greek, preserved only in fragments. It was an immense and complex word-for-word comparison of the ...
'' (
Codex Chisianus), was published (Rome, 1740). Much more important is his ''Evangeliarium quadruplex latinæ versionis antiquæ'', etc., 2 vols. (Rome, 1749). Among his historical works may be mentioned the fourth volume which Bianchini added to the publication of his uncle,
Francesco Bianchini
Francesco Bianchini (13 December 16622 March 1729) was an Italian philosopher and scientist. He worked for the curia of three popes, including being ''camiere d'honore'' of Clement XI, and secretary of the commission for the reform of the cal ...
, ''Anastasii bibliothecarii Vitæ Rom. Pontif.'' (Rome, 1735); he also published the ''Demonstratio historiæ ecclesiasticæ quadripartitæ'' (Rome, 1752–54). The chief liturgical work of Bianchini is ''Liturgia antiqua hispanica, gothica, isidoriana, mozarabica, toletana mixta'' (Rome, 1746). He also undertook the edition of the works of B. Thomasius (Tomasi), but only one volume was issued (Rome, 1741).
In addition he investigated and wrote an account of the reported
spontaneous human combustion
Spontaneous human combustion (SHC) is the pseudoscientific concept of the combustion of a living (or recently deceased) human body without an apparent external source of ignition. In addition to reported cases, descriptions of the alleged phe ...
of the Countess
Cornelia Zangheri Bandi (Verona, 1731, later republished at Rome).
[Bianchini, G. (1743) ''Parere sopra la Cagione della morte della Comtessa Cornelia Zangari, ne' Bandi Casenate''; 3a ediz. Roma: Ottavio Puccinelli]
Bianchini examined and described many of biblical manuscripts housed in Italy, such as:
Minuscule 145,
169
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,
170,
171
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173,
174
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175,
176,
178,
179,
180
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196,
394,
397,
450
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627,
632
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,
Lectionary 35,
Lectionary 46,
Lectionary 123,
Lectionary 124,
Lectionary 125,
Lectionary 126,
Lectionary 127,
Codex Cyprius
Codex Cyprius, designated by Ke or 017 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 71 ( von Soden), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the four Gospels, on parchment. It has been variously dated (8th–11th centuries), but it is currently dated to the 9th ...
,
Codex Angelicus,
Codex Campianus
Codex Campianus is designated as "M" or "021" in the Gregory-Aland cataloging system and as "ε 72" in the Von Soden system. It is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated palaeographically to the 9th century. The manuscript has co ...
,
Codex Vaticanus 2066
Codex Vaticanus 2066, designed by 046 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 1070 ( von Soden), formerly it was known also as ''Codex Basilianus'', previously it was designated by Br or B2. It is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament writ ...
,
Codex Curiensis,
Codex Corbeiensis I
The Codex Corbeiensis I, designated by ff1 or 9 (in the Beuron system), is an 8th, 9th, or 10th-century Latin New Testament manuscript. The text, written on vellum, is a version of the old Latin. The manuscript contains 39 parchment folios with the ...
,
Codex Corbeiensis II,
Codex Sangermanensis I.
Works
* ''Evangeliarium quadruplex latinæ versionis antiquæ seu veteris italicæ'' (Rome, 1749)
Footnotes
References
*Villarosa, ''Memorie degli Scrittori Filippini'' (Naples, 1837)
*Mangenot, ''Joseph Bianchini et les anciennes versions latines de la Bible'' (Amiens, 1892)
*
Hurter, Hugo von, ''Nomenclator'', III, 71 sqq.
*''This article incorporates text from the 1913 ''
Catholic Encyclopedia
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'' article
Giuseppe Bianchini by R. Butin, a publication now in the
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1704 births
1764 deaths
18th-century Italian male writers
Italian biblical scholars
18th-century Italian historians
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Writers from Verona