Codex Seidelianus I, designated by

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G^e or 011 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 87 ( von Soden), also known as Codex Wolfii A and Codex Harleianus is a Greek

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of the Gospels, dated palaeographically to the 9th century (or 10th century). The codex contains 252 parchment leaves (). The manuscript is lacunose.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four

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s with some lacunae (

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1:1-6:6, 7:25-8:9, 8:23-9:2, 28:18-Mark 1:13, Mark 14:19-25, Luke 1:1-13, 5:4-7:3, 8:46-9:5, 12:27-41, 24:41-end, John 18:5-19, 19:4-27). The text is written in 2 columns per page, 21 lines per page. It was written in a coarse hand. The text is divided according to the Ammonian Sections, whose numbers are given at the margin, with references to the

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. It contains the (''titles of chapters''). It has breathings and accents, but often irregularly. Each member of the genealogy in Luke 3 forms a separate line. Some portions of these lacunae are rectified by a later hand.

Text

The Greek text of this

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is a secondary representative of the

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with many of the non-Byzantine readings seeming to be the Caesarean. Aland gave to it textual profile 176¹ 87^1/2 4² 21^s and placed it in Category V.

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classified it to the family Kⁱ, but according to the

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it belongs to the textual family K^x.

History

The codex was brought from the East to Germany by Seidel († 1718). After his death in 1718 Maturin Veyssière de La Croze, royal librarian from Berlin acquired it and presented to

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, who published extracts from its text in 1723. The codex was barbarously mutilated in 1721 in order to send pieces to Bentley. Most of them were purchased by Eduard Harley. Some of fragments were found by Tregelles in 1845. Tregelles collated its text in 1847. The codex was known to Wettstein, who gave siglum G for it. Griesbach designated it by the same siglum.J. J. Griesbach
''Novum Testamentum Graece''
Londini 1809, s. XCIX Later it became part of the library of Edward Harley, and is now located in the

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( Harley MS 5684), and one page, which Wolff gave to

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, is in

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( Trinity College B. XVII. 20).

References

External links

* R. Waltz
Codex Seidelianus G^e (011)
at the ''Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism'' (2007)
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at the ''British Library''
Harley MS 5684
BL {{DEFAULTSORT:Seidelianus I Greek New Testament uncials 9th-century biblical manuscripts Harleian Collection

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