__NOTOC__ Liber Comicus Toletanus Teplensis (also spelled Commicus), designated by t or 56 (in Besaurion system), is the oldest known

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from the

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,"72 fragments of the Old Latin text are preserved in the Spanish Lectionary or Liber Comicus."
Ann Freeman,
Theodulf of Orleans and the Libri Carolini
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'' 32 (1957): 663–705. dated to somewhere between the 7th and 9th centuries.''

Novum Testamentum Graece (''The New Testament in Greek'') is a critical edition of the New Testament in its original Koine Greek published by ''Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft'' (German Bible Society), forming the basis of most modern Bible translations and biblical crit ...

'' The

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text of the

New Testament The New Testament (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus, as well as events relating to Christianity in the 1st century, first-century Christianit ...

is not of the

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but of the

Vetus Latina The ''Vetus Latina'' ("Old Latin" in Latin), also known as ''Vetus Itala'' ("Old Italian"), ''Itala'' ("Italian") and Old Italic, and denoted by the siglum \mathfrak, are the Latin Bible translations, translations of biblical texts (both Old T ...

. "Taken in its context, ''liber comicus'' could not possibly mean a comic book ... this term is sometimes used to denote a lectionary." It has some affinity with

Codex Boernerianus Codex Boernerianus, designated by G, G or 012 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), α 1028 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts), is a small New Testament manuscript made of parchment which contains ...

.A. H. McNeile, ''An Introduction to the Study of the New Testament'', revised by C. S. C. Williams, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1955, p. 399.

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Liber Comicus, the Hispano-Mozarabic Lectionary
* Elliot, JK.
Old Latin Manuscripts in Printed Editions of the Greek New Testament
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Novum Testamentum ''Novum Testamentum'' is an academic journal covering various aspects of "the New Testament The New Testament (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus in Christianity, Je ...

'' 26 (1984): 225–248. * Epp, Eldon Jay.
Some Important Textual Studies
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Journal of Biblical Literature The ''Journal of Biblical Literature'' (''JBL'') is one of three academic journal An academic journal (or scholarly journal or scientific journal) is a periodical publication in which Scholarly method, scholarship relating to a particular academ ...

'' 84 (1965): 172–175.

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* Baldwin, Spurgeon. 'On the meaning of the term "Liber Commicus."' '' Traditio'' 39 (1983): 439–443. * Farr, C. 'Liturgical Influences On The Decoration Of The Book Of Kells'. In Catherine Karkov and Robert T Farrell (eds). ''Studies in Insular Art and Archaeology''.

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School of Fine Arts, 1991. * Morin, Germanus (ed.). ''Anecdota Maredsolana''. Volume 1. Liber Comicus.

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, 1893. {{manuscript-stub Vetus Latina New Testament manuscripts Bibliothèque nationale de France collections

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