An Exact Transcript of the Codex Augiensis
A Græco-Latin Manuscript of S. Paul's Epistles, Deposited in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge; To Which is Added a Full Collation of Fifty Manuscripts

This pioneering 1859 publication collates fifty-one New Testament manuscripts, including the ninth-century Codex Augiensis.

Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener (Edited by)

9781108007498, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 25 February 2010

668 pages, 3 b/w illus.
22.9 x 15.2 x 3.7 cm, 0.97 kg

'The digital imaging is of high quality, as is the overall book production … This is a splendid and very highly recommended volume.' Paul Foster, The Expository Times

Frederick Henry Scrivener (1813–1891) was a pioneer of New Testament textual criticism. His transcription of the Codex Augiensis – a ninth-century Greek and Latin manuscript of St Paul's Epistles which had been part of the famous Benedictine library at Reichenau - was published in 1859 and is a document of considerable historical significance in biblical research. It presents 'as true an image as possible' of the ninth-century text. The volume also includes a 'full and exact' collation of fifty manuscripts of the Gospels. In his Critical Introduction, Scrivener provides a detailed account of the manuscripts he has collated, setting the context for the reader. He also investigates the principles of comparative criticism, demonstrating that true and faithful readings of the Greek New Testament cannot be derived from any one authority, but must be the result of patient comparison of the evidence provided by all.

Introduction
Codex Augiensis
Annotationes editoris
Appendix.

Subject Areas: Biblical studies & exegesis [HRCG]