# Codex Colbertinus

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'''Codex Colbertinus''' is a manuscript of the [Latin](/source/Latin) [New Testament](/source/New_Testament). It contains the entirety of the New Testament and includes the apocryphal [Epistle to the Laodiceans](/source/Epistle_to_the_Laodiceans). It is designated by '''6''' or '''c''' in the Beuron register of Latin New Testament manuscripts.{{r|LNT}} Using the study of comparative writing styles ([palaeography](/source/palaeography)), it has been assigned to the 11th or 12th century.{{r|metz-ehrman}} It was probably produced in southern France.<ref name="metz-ehrman">{{Cite book | first1=Bruce Manning | last1=Metzger | author-link1=Bruce M. Metzger | first2=Bart D. | last2=Ehrman | author-link2=Bart D. Ehrman | title=The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration | edition=4th | page=103 | year=2005 | publisher=Oxford University Press | location=New York; Oxford | isbn=978-019-516667-5}}</ref>{{r|LNT}}

== Description ==
The manuscript is a [codex](/source/codex) (precursor to the modern [book](/source/book) format), containing the text of the entire Latin New Testament including the Epistle to the Laodiceans{{r|LNT}} written on 146 [folio](/source/folio)s (292 pages), sized 17.5 x 9.5&nbsp;cm.<ref name="LNT">{{Cite book | first=Hugh A. G. | last=Houghton | title=The Latin New Testament: A Guide to its Early History, Texts, and Manuscripts | page=213 | year=2016 | publisher=Oxford University Press | location=New York | isbn=978-0-19-874473-3}}</ref> The text is written in two columns of 40 lines in black ink.{{r|LNT}} There are decorations in red, green and blue ink, along with illustrations before each of the four gospels.{{r|LNT}}

Prologues precede all of the books, with chapter lists preceding each gospel and Acts.{{r|LNT}} Following the book of Acts is a note regarding the apocryphal ''[Passion of Peter and Paul](/source/Acts_of_Peter_and_Paul)'', similar to that seen in [Codex Complutensis I](/source/Codex_Complutensis_I).{{r|LNT}}

== Text ==

Its version of the four [Gospel](/source/Gospel)s and [Book of Acts](/source/Acts_of_the_Apostles) follows the [Old Latin](/source/Vetus_Latina), while the rest of the [New Testament](/source/New_Testament) follows the [Vulgate](/source/Vulgate).{{r|metz-evnt}} Thus the codex represents a mixed form of the Latin New Tesament text. It is generally a European Old Latin text, named ''Itala'', strongly interpolated by ''Afra''. Both text were contaminated by [Jerome](/source/Jerome)'s [Vulgate](/source/Vulgate).{{r|metz-ehrman|metz-evnt}}

In Matthew 27:38, the two robbers who were crucified on either side of Jesus are named as ''Zoatham'' (right-hand) and ''Camma'' (left-hand),<ref>{{cite web | first1=Johannes | last1=Belsheim | title=Codex colbertinus parisiensis [microform]. Qvatuor Evangelia ante Hieronymum latine translata post editionem Petri Sabatier cum ipso codice collatam | url=https://archive.org/stream/MN41417ucmf_6/MN41417ucmf_6_djvu.txt|website=Archive.org|year=1888 | accessdate=2016-05-14 | quote=Tunc crucifixerunt cum eo duo latrones, unus a dextris nomine Zoatham et unus a sinistris nomine Camma,}}</ref> but in Mark 15:27 they are named ''Zoatham'' and ''Chammatha''.<ref>{{cite web | first1=Johannes | last1=Belsheim | title=Codex colbertinus parisiensis [microform]. Qvatuor Evangelia ante Hieronymum latine translata post editionem Petri Sabatier cum ipso codice collatam | url=https://archive.org/stream/MN41417ucmf_6/MN41417ucmf_6_djvu.txt | website=Archive.org | year=1888 | accessdate=2016-05-14 | quote=Et crucifixerunt cum eo duos latrones, unum a dextris nomine Zoatban et alium a sinistris nomine Chammatba.}}</ref>{{r|metz-ehrman|p=270}}

== History ==
The earliest history of the manuscript is unknown. The text of the codex was edited by scholar [Johannes Belsheim](/source/Johannes_Belsheim) in 1888, scholar Heinreich Vogels in 1953, and by Jülicher.<ref name="metz-evnt">{{Cite book | first=Bruce Manning | last=Metzger | author-link=Bruce M. Metzger | title=The Early Versions of the New Testament: Their Origin, Transmission and Limitations | page=296 | year=1977 | publisher=Oxford University Press | location=New York; Oxford | isbn=0-19-826170-5 | url=https://archive.org/details/bruce-m.-metzger-the-early-versions-of-the-new-testament.-their-origin-transmission-and-limitations/page/295/mode/2up}}</ref> The manuscript is currently housed at the [National Library of France](/source/National_Library_of_France) (shelf number Latin 254) in [Paris](/source/Paris).{{r|metz-ehrman|metz-evnt}}

== See also ==

* [List of New Testament Latin manuscripts](/source/List_of_New_Testament_Latin_manuscripts)

== Notes ==

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== External links ==

* [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8426051s Digital Colour images of Codex Colbertinus online] at the [National Library of France](/source/National_Library_of_France).

Category:Vetus Latina New Testament manuscripts
Category:12th-century biblical manuscripts
Category:Bibliothèque nationale de France collections

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