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Catalogue metadata for manuscripts referenced by CodexTrace records: names, sigla, identifiers, date ranges, material, script and contents, with links to the holding institution or the authoritative catalogue.
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א · Fourth century · Greek
Portions of the Greek Old Testament, the complete New Testament, the Epistle of Barnabas, and the Shepherd of Hermas.
Divided between the British Library, Leipzig University Library, the National Library of Russia, and Saint Catherine’s Monastery, Sinai
B · Fourth century · Greek
Greek Old and New Testaments, with losses at the beginning and the end.
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
A · Fifth century · Greek
Greek Old and New Testaments, with losses.
British Library
D · Commonly dated to the fifth century · Greek and Latin
The Gospels and Acts, with losses.
Cambridge University Library
P52 · Commonly dated to the second century. The precise date is debated on palaeographic grounds, and CodexTrace records the range rather than a single figure. · Greek
A small fragment containing text from John 18, written on both sides.
John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
1QIsaa · Second century BCE · Hebrew
A complete copy of the book of Isaiah.
Israel Museum, Jerusalem (Shrine of the Book)
L · Early eleventh century · Hebrew
A complete Hebrew Bible with Masoretic vocalisation and accents.
National Library of Russia, Saint Petersburg
Tenth century · Hebrew
A Masoretic Hebrew Bible, now incomplete: a substantial portion of the manuscript is missing.
Israel Museum, Jerusalem