Codex Laudianus

Majuscule · E 08 · 6th century

A Greek and Latin book of Acts, the Latin in the left column and the Greek in the right. Archbishop William Laud gave it to the Bodleian Library in 1636. The Venerable Bede seems to have used it in northern England in the 8th century. It is the oldest Greek manuscript with Acts 8:37.

Contents

Acts, missing 26:29–28:26.

Where It Is Kept

Bodleian Library, Oxford (Laud. Gr. 35).

Cited For

  • Acts 8:37 “And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God”

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.