Codex Sabaiticus

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Codex Sabaiticus can refer to a number of ancient manuscripts, most of which are currently housed in the Patriarchal Library in Jerusalem, that were originally preserved by "Sabaite" monks from the monastery of Mar Saba in what is today the Bethlehem Governorate of Palestine, in the West Bank. [1]

Contents

Each specific codex is denoted by a number, e.g. "Sabaiticus 242", but some authors may generically refer to any one of these as "Codex Sabaiticus".

These are mostly works on Christian subjects, but this corpus also contains some fragments on non-Christian subjects, such as the Greek mythological Agapenor. [2]

Cassian the Sabaite

Several codices are manuscripts relating to Cassian, a Sabaite monk of the 6th century. [3] These include:

Codex Hierosolymitanus

Several codices (such as Sabaiticus 13, 70, and 72) constitute the renowned Codex Hierosolymitanus, otherwise known as "Hierosolymitanus Sabaiticus", or, in the scholarly discourse, as "H". [4]

Sabaiticus 231

Sabaiticus 231 contains scholia on the Psalms, attributed to Athanasius of Alexandria. [5]

Sabaiticus 232

Sabaiticus 232 contains commentaries on the Gospel of Matthew by a number of writers: Origen, Theodore of Heraclea, Eusebius of Caesarea, John Chrysostom, Cyril of Alexandria, Severus of Antioch, Theodore of Mopsuestia, Gregory of Nyssa, and Photios I of Constantinople. [6]

This volume is a codex mostly of parchment, with a few pages of linen paper, consisting of 240 folios. In the 15th century it was preserved in the Monastery of St. Gerasimus. [6]

Sabaiticus 242

Sabaiticus 242 is a 10th-century manuscript that contains a hagiography of the 4th century Christian martyr named Athenogenes of Pedachtoë, attributed to Anysius. [7]

Sabaiticus 259

Sabaiticus 259 is a manuscript of the 11th century containing Christian apocryphal books. [8] [9] It was discovered in Saint Catherine's Monastery on Mount Sinai. [1]

It is the oldest known manuscript containing the complete Infancy Gospel of Thomas (a fragmentary version from the 4th or 5th century also exists), [10] and contains a version of the story likely dating to a period some time between the 4th and 7th centuries CE. [11] This codex also contains a unique recension of the Infancy Gospel (variant "Gs") not found in other manuscripts. [12]

This volume is a codex of parchment consisting of 317 folios, measuring 260 by 212 millimeters. [12] It is most often dated to 1089 or 1090.

Sabaiticus 261

Sabaiticus 261 is a manuscript of a hagiography of Saint Nicholas by Byzantine historian Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos, titled Narration in Iambic Verses of St Nicholas' Miracles. It is the longest known piece of hagiography in verse. [13]

Sabaiticus 366

Sabaiticus 366 is a tract by 5th century monk Marcus Eremita against Nestorianism, dating to the 13th century, titled Against those who say that the flesh of the Lord is not united to the Word, but that it is merely worn like a garment, and that, for this reason, there is a difference between him who carries and that which is carried (often shortened to "Against the Nestorians"). [14]

It is also the source of some short biographical material about Euphratas, eunuch architect under the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great. [15]

Sabaiticus 429

Sabaiticus 429 is a manuscript dated to 1619 that is a recitation of ideas and concepts from the Old and New Testaments in question and answer form, titled Questionnaires (Ἐρωταποκρίσεις. Ποίημα κὺρ Λέοντος τοῦ σοφοῦ). It is attributed to the 9th and 10th century Byzantine Emperor Leo VI the Wise, but scholars believe it was written pseudonymously. An edition of this work was published by N. Krasnoselčev in 1899. [16]

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<i>Infancy Gospel of Thomas</i> Gospel about the childhood of Jesus

The Infancy Gospel of Thomas is an apocryphal gospel about the childhood of Jesus. The scholarly consensus dates it to the mid-to-late second century, with the oldest extant fragmentary manuscript dating to the fourth or fifth century, and the earliest complete manuscript being the Codex Sabaiticus from the 11th century. There are references in letters by Hippolytus of Rome and Origen of Alexandria to a "Gospel of Thomas", but it is unclear whether those letters refer to the Infancy Gospel or the Gospel of Thomas, a sayings gospel discovered near Nag Hammadi, Egypt in 1945.

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Minuscule 15, ε 283. It is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on 225 parchment leaves, dated palaeographically to the 12th-century. It has liturgical books and full marginalia.

Minuscule 21, ε 286 (Soden) is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament. It is written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century. According to Scrivener it was written in the 10th century. It has marginalia and liturgical books.

Minuscule 24 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), A18 (von Soden). It is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, written on vellum. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th-century. It has marginalia.

Minuscule 27, ε 1023 (Soden). It is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, written on vellum. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th-century. It has liturgical books and marginalia.

Minuscule 29, ε 1022 (Soden). It is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, written on vellum. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th century.

Minuscule 495, ε 243, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th-century. Scrivener labelled it by number 581. The manuscript is lacunose, marginalia are full. It was adapted for liturgical use.

Minuscule 564, ε 1026, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th century. Scrivener labelled it by number 478. The manuscript has complex contents.

Minuscule 776, ε1228, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century. The manuscript has complex contents.

Minuscule 1078 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), A159 (von Soden), is a 10th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. It was adapted for liturgical use. The manuscript is not lacunose.

Minuscule 1073, δ97, is a 10th or 11th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. The manuscript has survived in complete condition. It contains additional non-biblical matter. There is no marginalia.

Minuscule 1216, ε1043, is an 11th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. The manuscript has survived in complete condition.

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The Life and Miracles of Saint Thecla is a Greek hagiography of Thecla, the reputed follower of Paul of Tarsus. The text was composed between 445 and 474.

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  1. 1 2 Vukovic, Marijana (2022). Survival and Success of an Apocryphal Childhood of Jesus: Reception of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas in the Middle Ages. De Gruyter. pp. 32, 56. ISBN   9783110752786 . Retrieved 2024-09-14.
  2. ↑ Scheer, Tanja S. (2018). "Myth, Memory, and the Past". In Dignas, Beate; Audley-Miller, Lucy Gaynor (eds.). Wandering Myths: Transcultural Uses of Myth in the Ancient World. De Gruyter. ISBN   9783110421514 . Retrieved 2024-09-14.
  3. ↑ Tzamalikos, Panayiotis (2012). The Real Cassian Revisited: Monastic Life, Greek Paideia, and Origenism in the Sixth Century. Brill Publishers. p. 443. ISBN   9789004224407 . Retrieved 2024-09-14.
  4. ↑ Spanos, Apostolos (2010). Codex Lesbiacus Leimonos 11. Byzantinisches Archiv. Vol. 23. De Gruyter. doi:10.1515/9783110221305. ISBN   9783110221305 . Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  5. ↑ Dorival, Gilles (1989). Les chaînes exégétiques grecques sur les Psaumes: contribution à l'étude d'une forme littéraire (in French). Vol. 2. Peeters. p. 349. ISBN   9789068310009 . Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  6. 1 2 Tzamalikos, Panayiotis (2016). Anaxagoras, Origen, and Neoplatonism: The Legacy of Anaxagoras to Classical and Late Antiquity. Vol. 1. De Gruyter. p. 1565. ISBN   9783110420104 . Retrieved 2024-09-14.
  7. ↑ Barnes, Timothy David (2010). Early Christian Hagiography and Roman History. Mohr Siebeck. pp. 147–148. ISBN   9783161502262 . Retrieved 2024-09-12.
  8. ↑ Simunovic, Katharina (2018). Gospels and Gospel Traditions in the Second Century: Experiments in Reception. De Gruyter. ISBN   9783110541267 . Retrieved 2024-09-14.
  9. ↑ Watson, Francis (2020). An Apostolic Gospel: The 'Epistula Apostolorum' in Literary Context. Cambridge University Press. p. 95. ISBN   9781108840415 . Retrieved 2024-09-14.
  10. ↑ Georgiou, Aristos (2024-06-07). "Experts decipher oldest manuscript of Jesus childhood gospel". Newsweek. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  11. ↑ Perry, Peter S. (2023). Biblical Humor and Performance. Cascade Books. p. 222. ISBN   9781666711295 . Retrieved 2024-09-14.
  12. 1 2 Aasgaard, Reidar (2022). "Infancy Gospel of Thomas". In Wassén, Cecilia; Evans, Craig A.; Edwards, J. Christopher (eds.). Early New Testament Apocrypha. Zondervan Academic. p. 80. ISBN   9780310099727 . Retrieved 2024-09-14.
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  14. ↑ Plested, Marcus (2004). The Macarian Legacy: The Place of Macarius-Symeon in the Eastern Christian Tradition. Oxford University Press. pp. 127–128. ISBN   9780191533181 . Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  15. ↑ Ringrose, Kathryn M. (2007). The Perfect Servant: Eunuchs and the Social Construction of Gender in Byzantium. University of Chicago Press. p. 102. ISBN   9780226720166 . Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  16. ↑ Antonopoulou, Theodora (2015). "A Theological Opusculum allegedly by Emperor Leo VI the Wise". In Loukaki, Marina; Kotzabassi, Sofia; Antonopoulou, Theodora (eds.). Myriobiblos: Essays on Byzantine Literature and Culture. De Gruyter. p. 39. ISBN   9781501501562 . Retrieved 2024-09-15.
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