Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Manuscripts at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France

     
Remercier-vous et les bénédictions pour les travailleurs
à la Bibliothèque nationale de France.
      The Gallica website has released page-views of some of the most significant manuscripts in the National Library of France (Bibliothèque nationale de France).  Currently the Bibliothèque nationale de France has made available page-views of images (usually from microfilm) of the following 57 continuous-text Greek New Testament manuscripts (in addition to 21 Greek lectionaries and many more versional and patristic resources).

Some manuscripts’ textual affinities are described according to the information in a report at the Center for the Study and Preservation of the Majority Text which brought news of Gallica’s release of manuscript-images to my attention.  The Gregory-Aland identification-number of each manuscript is listed, followed by the library’s catalog-number in parentheses.

MS 04, C (Greek 9) – Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus.   New Testament, substantial but with many parts missing.  Produced in the 400’s. 

MS 019, L (Greek 62) – Codex Regius.
            John 7 & 8 with memorial-space:

MS 6 (Greek 112) k [Π6] 

MS 10 (Greek 91) e [M10] – Produced in the 1200’s.

MS 12 (Greek 230) – Produced in the 1300’s.  

MS 17 – (Greek 55) e [Cl-17] – Greek-Latin illustrated Gospels from the late 1400’s.

MS 18 (Greek 47) eapr [f35– Entire New Testament, produced (according to a colophon) in 1364.

MS 19 (Greek 189) e – Produced in the 1100’s.  Unusual order of books.
           
MS 25 (Greek 191) e – Produced in the 1000’s.
            Mt:  (damaged) http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b107220556/f6.image.r=191  

MS 27 (Greek 115) e [M27/1424] –  Produced in the 900’s.  Detailed list of lections before Matthew. 
            pericope adulterae:  http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b107221277/f395.item.r=115  

MS 32 (Greek 116) e [1519] – Produced in the 1100’s.           
            Mt:  (damaged)  http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b107219647/f5.image.r=116  
            Jn:  (damaged)  (http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b107219647/f203.image.r=116)

MS 91 (Greek 219) – akpr – Produced in the 1000’s.

MS 119 (Greek 85) e [Cl-16] – Produced in the 1200’s.
            pericope adulterae:  http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10722049k/f220.image.r=85

MS 260 (Greek 51) e [Kx/Ki-M5] 

MS 261 (Greek 52) e [Kx– Produced in the 1100’s (with Mt. 1-10 in a later supplement).
            Mt:  (supplement)  http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10721642c/f6.image.r=52

MS 263 (Greek 61) eakp [K1

MS 264 (Greek 65) e [Kx– Damaged in several places.  Foot-indexed.

MS 265 (Greek 66) e [Πa– Produced in the 1100’s.

MS 266 (Greek 67) e [Π 266] – Produced in the 1300’s.

MS 268 (Greek 72) e [Π 268] – Produced in the 1100’s.
            Mt:  (damaged) http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10721872c/f5.image.r=72

MS 269 (Greek 74) e [1519] – Produced in the 1100’s.  Abundantly illustrated.

MS 270 (Greek 75) e [Πa– Produced in the 1100’s.    
            pericope adulterae:  http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10721983m/f291.image.r=75

MS 273 (Greek 79) e [Kmix– Produced in the 1200’s.  (Sister-MS of MS 4?)  Triple-column genealogy in Luke 3.
            Jn:  http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10722159c/f150.image.r=79       
            pericope adulteraehttp://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10722159c/f163.image.r=79

MS 278 (Greek 82) e [Π278] 

MS 279 (Greek 86) e [Kx– Produced in the 1100’s. 

MS 280 (Greek 87) e [Πa– Produced in the 1100’s.  A large chunk of Mark is absent.

MS 281 (Greek 88) e [Kx Cl-281] – Produced in the 1100’s.
            Lk:  [missing first page] http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10722169s/f123.image.r=88   

MS 285 (Greek 95) e [Kr/f35– Produced in the 1400’s.
            pericope adulterae:  http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10722042f/f222.image.r=95   

MS 286 (Greek 96) e [Kx– Produced in 1432.

MS 287 (Greek 98) e (Cl-17] – Produced in 1478. 

MS 291 (Greek 113) e [Cl-291] – Produced in the 1200’s.

MS 292 (Greek 114) e [Π473] – Produced in the 1100’s or 1200’s.  Embedded cross-references (like a foot-index).
            Mt:  (damaged) http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10721944d/f8.image.r=114  

MS 293 (Greek 117) e [M1193] – (Palimpsest:  the lower writing is from a lectionary from the 800’s or 900’s.  The upper writing was produced in 1262.)
            Mk:  [suppl.]  http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b107217955/f116.image.r=117  

MS 294 (Greek 118) e [Kx] – Produced in 1291 or 1391.  May be related to MS 279.

MS 295 (Greek 120) e [Π1441] – Produced in the 1200’s. 
            Mt:  (suppl.)  http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b107219664/f6.image.r=120
                        Primary hand:  http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b107219664/f8.image.r=120  

MS 296 (Greek 124) apk – Produced in the 1500’s, apparently from a printed exemplar.

MS 303 (Greek 194a) – Produced in 1255.

MS 304 (Greek 194) Matthew & Mark – This is the damaged manuscript of Matthew and Mark (interspersed with commentary) that is often cited as support for the ending of Mark at 16:8.

MS 305 (Greek 195) – Produced in the 1200’s. 

MS 310 (Greek 202) – Produced in the 1100’s.  Fragment of Matthew.

MS 311 (Greek 203) – Produced in the 1100’s.  Fragment of Matthew.

MS 469 (Greek 102a) apkr 

MS 567 (Greek 103a) apk

MS 580 (Greek 119) e [Kx] – Produced in the 1100’s. 

MS 604 (Greek 125) akp – Produced in the 1300’s.

MS 606 (Greek 217) – Produced in the 1100’s. 

MS 727 (Greek 179) ek  
           
MS 728 (Greek 181) e 


MS 732 (Greek 185) e – Produced in the 1200’s.
             
MS 734 (Greek 192) e – Produced in the 1300’s.  No text from Mark.  Book order:  Jn-Mt-Lk-Mk.

MS 740 (Greek 234) Produced in 1318.  Gospels with commentary.
            
MS 742 (Greek 1775) Produced in the 1400’s.  Gospel of John with commentary.

MS 1932 (Greek 222) 

MS 1934 (Greek 224)  

MS 1935 (Greek 225) 

MS 1938 (Greek 238) – 

Many thanks to those who made the availability of these manuscript-images possible!





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