Manuscripts of the Old Latin Bible

 
THERE ARE NOW TWO PAGES OF LATIN BIBLE MANUSCRIPTS.

The table below on this page sets out the Old Latin manuscripts in the numerical order
published by the Vetus Latina Institute.

A larger list of Latin Gospel manuscripts using the sigla of Bonifatius Fischer can be found here.

 

Old Latin Manuscripts

A complete listing and description of all the manuscripts of the Old Latin Bible may be found in:
Roger Gryson Altlateinische Handschriften/Manuscrits Vieux Latins 1-275 Vetus Latina 1/2A. Freiburg; Herder 1999, and
Roger Gryson Altlateinische Handschriften/Manuscrits Vieux Latins 300-485 Vetus Latina 1/2B. Freiburg; Herder 2004.

The numbering system is as follows:

    New Testament
    Mss 1-49 Gospels
    Mss 50-74 Acts, Catholic Epistles, Apocalypse
    Mss 75-89 Pauline Epistles
    Mss 91-96 Glosses in Spanish Bibles

    Old Testament
    Mss 100-111 Octateuch
    Mss 115-118, 123-126 Historical Books
    Mss 130-162 Hagiography
    Mss 165-172 Sapiential books
    Mss 173-194A Prophetic books
    Mss 195-218 1-2 Maccabees
    Mss 250-275 Biblical canticles
    Mss 300-485 Psalters

Note that only certain portions of these Bibles may have an Old Latin text; other books may display a Vulgate text-type.

Old Latin Gospel manuscripts are also known by an older system of lower-case letters: these are included in brackets.

This list is a work in progress. Not all manuscripts are currently listed!

Click on the thumbnails for a larger picture or a link to a host website.

01 (k) Codex Bobiensis
African uncial. 4th century.
Contains fragments of Mark and Matthew
02 (e) Codex Palatinus
Uncial, copied in Italy or Africa. 4th century.
Contains all four Gospels
03 (a) Codex Vercellensis
Uncial. Second half of 4th century.
Contains all four Gospels
04 (b) Codex Veronensis
Italian uncial. End of 5th century.
Contains all four Gospels.
Other scanned images: folio 99v, folio 380v
 
05 (d) Codex Bezae
Uncial. Written around 400 in Beirut.
A bilingual copy, with Greek on the verso and Latin on the Recto side. 
Contains all four Gospels, Acts and 3 John. Website for the Greek side.
 
08 (ff2) Codex Corbeiensis
Uncial.
Contains all four Gospels
10 (f) Codex Brixianus
Uncial.
Contains all four Gospels
11 (l) Codex Rehdigeranus

Contains all four Gospels
13 (q) Codex Monacensis
Uncial. 6th-7th century
Contains all four Gospels

Digitised microfilm of whole manuscript availble online (click on image)
14 (r1) Codex Usserianus
Uncial. 6th- 7th century
Contains all four Gospels
15 (aur) Codex Aureus Holmiensis
Interleaved purple and white parchment.
Contains all four Gospels.

Image of first page of Mark
47 Sankt Gallen Stiftsbibliothek 60
A Vulgate/Old Latin mixed text of the Gospel of John.
Written in an Irish Scriptorium around 800.

(Siglum Hu in Fischer Die lateinische Evangelien).
Full digitization online.
48 Sankt Gallen Stiftsbibliothek 51
Four Gospels: Old Latin in Matthew
Written in an Irish Scriptorium end of the eighth century.


(Siglum Hs in Fischer Die lateinische Evangelien).
Full digitization online.
51 (gig) Codex Gigas
Complete Bible: Old Latin in Acts and Apocalypse
Written between 1204 and 1227. Known as "The Devil's Bible" because of the illustration of the Devil.

Full digitization online.
53 (s) Palimpsest, known as Bobiensis or Vindobonensis
Half-uncial, Italian 6th century.
Overwritten in 8th century.

Contains fragments of Acts and the Catholic Epistles
  An Old Latin manuscript of Ezekiel 20
From the Schoyen Collection

Images of Sankt Gallen manuscripts provided courtesy of Stiftsbibliothek St Gallen, Codices Electronici Sangallenses.
Other images are believed to be out of copyright, or are provided by a direct link to the host server (hence some may not appear if the address has changed).

 

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