The ''Codex Sangallensis'' 63, designated by S in some

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of the

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, is a 9th-century Latin manuscript of the New Testament. The text, written on

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, is a version of the

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and contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Epistles,

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, and non-biblical material (an Etymological dictionary). The manuscript has not survived in a complete condition, some parts of it have been lost.

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, ''The Early Versions of the New Testament'', Oxford University Press, 1977, p. 339. The original manuscript did not contain the ''Comma Johanneum'' (in 1 John 5:7), but it was added by a later hand on the margin (see picture).

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Codex Sangallensis contains 160 leaves (320 pages) arranged in

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, in one thick volume. The measures of leaves are 22.3 by 19.2 cm. A single paper fly-leaf was added by a later hand. The text is written in 22 lines in one (pages 1–49) or two (pages 50–320) columns per page in

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letters with black ink.Cod. Sang. 63
at the e-codices The head-pieces are written in

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letters, the initial letters are red. It has some margin notes. The order of books: Pauline epistles (folios 2-163), Acts (163-244), Catholic epistles (245-283), and Apocalypse (283-320). The text does not contain the second and third Epistle of John. The original codex did not contain the ''

Comma Johanneum The Johannine Comma ( la, Comma Johanneum) is an interpolated phrase ( comma) in verses of the First Epistle of John. The text (with the comma in italics and enclosed by square brackets) in the King James Bible reads: It became a touchpoint ...

'' (in 1 John 5:7), but it was added by a later hand on the margin (see picture). The Comma: : sicut in caelo tres sunt pater uerbum et spiritus et tres sunt (''as in heaven three are: the Father, the Word, and the Spirit, they are three'').

History

The manuscript was examined and described by H. Brauer, A. Bruckner, G. Scherrer.Gallen Gustav Scherrer, ''Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen'' (Halle, 1975), p. 28. It was digitised in 2008 and it is available on the site of the ''Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland''.

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the manuscript is dated to the 9th or 10th century. Currently the manuscript is housed at the

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(63) in

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Cod. Sang. 63
at the e-codices {{DEFAULTSORT:Sangallensis 63 Manuscripts of the Abbey library of Saint Gall Vulgate manuscripts 9th-century biblical manuscripts

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