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[[Image:Vaticanus.jpg|thumb|A page from Codex Vaticanus]]

[[Image:Vaticanus.jpg|thumb|A page from Codex Vaticanus]]

The '''Codex Vaticanus''', or '''B''', is a Greek manuscript of the Bible. It has been dated to the mid fourth century and it may have been produced in Egypt. It was first appears in the catalog of the Vatican Library in Rome in 1475. The codex is written in [[uncial]] text on 759 leaves of vellum. Vaticanus is the single most influential Biblical manuscript. The complete text was published in 1857 and a facsimile was published in 1889-1890.<ref>"Bible (texts)," ''New Catholic Encyclopedia'' (2003)</ref>

'''Codex Vaticanus''', or '''B''', is a Greek manuscript of the Bible. It was created in the mid fourth century. It may have been produced in Egypt. It first appears in the catalog of the Vatican Library in Rome in 1475. The codex is written in [[uncial]] text on 759 leaves of vellum. Vaticanus is the single most influential Biblical manuscript. The complete text was published in 1857 and a facsimile was published in 1889-1890.<ref>"Bible (texts)," ''New Catholic Encyclopedia'' (2003)</ref>

In 1881, Brooke Westcott (1825–1901) and Fenton Hort (1828–1892) used Vaticanus as a basis for a Greek text of the New Testament, now called the Westcott-Hort, or Alexandrian, text. Some parts of Vaticanus are missing, damaged, or difficult to read. Hebrews ends at 9:14 and the Pastorals, Philemon, and Revelation are missing. Westcott and Hort used [[Codex Sinaiticus]], another uncial manuscript nearly as old as Vaticanus, to fill in these gaps. Revelation was taken from [[Codex Alexandrinus]]. Since 1881, Biblical quotations use by the church fathers have been cataloged and papyrus scrolls of various New Testament books have been found. Both of these sources are older than the uncial manuscripts. Yet they tend to confirm the validity of the Westcott-Hort text.

In 1881, Brooke Westcott (1825–1901) and Fenton Hort (1828–1892) used Vaticanus as a basis for a Greek text of the New Testament, now called the Westcott-Hort or Alexandrian, text. Some parts of Vaticanus are missing, damaged, or difficult to read. Hebrews ends at 9:14 and the Pastorals, Philemon, and Revelation are missing. Westcott and Hort used [[Codex Sinaiticus]], another uncial manuscript nearly as old as Vaticanus, to fill in these gaps. Revelation was taken from [[Codex Alexandrinus]], another uncial manuscript. More recently, the Biblical quotations used by the church fathers have been cataloged and papyrus scrolls of various New Testament books have been found. Both of these sources are older than the uncial manuscripts. Yet they tend to confirm the validity of the Westcott-Hort text.

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