Codex Vaticanus
One of the two oldest complete Greek Bibles, written on fine parchment in three columns to a page. It has been in the Vatican Library since at least 1475, and scholars could study it only with difficulty until photographs were printed in 1889–90. A later scribe went over its faded letters in fresh ink. Westcott and Hort valued it above every other manuscript, and modern editions lean on it heavily. After Mark 16:8 its scribe left a column blank, the only blank column in its New Testament.
Contents
Most of the Greek Old Testament and the New Testament to Hebrews 9:14. The rest of Hebrews, 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, and Revelation are lost (the end was supplied in the 15th century).
Where It Is Kept
Vatican Library (Vat. gr. 1209).
Cited For
- John 7:8 “not up yet”
Majuscules (or uncials) are written in capital letters, usually on parchment, from the 4th century to the 10th. Each has a number beginning with 0, and the best known also a letter: A 02, B 03.
