1 Leaf Rare 13th Cent. Vellum Latin Vulgate Bible Manuscript + Textual Variant

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1 Leaf Rare 13th Cent. Vellum Latin Vulgate Bible Manuscript + Textual Variant:
$500.00

First of all,when someone mentions a textualvariant in the New Testament, the response should not be \"I\'ve never heardof that before!\" or \"That\'s not in my King James Version of theBible!\" Rather it should be: \"What was originally written byPaul in his First Epistle to the Corinthians?\" At I Corinthians 10:28 the earliest and besttexts do NOT add the words “For the earth is the Lord’s and its fullness.” Those words, which are a quotation fromPsalms 24:1, are found firmly in the 26th verse. The absence of the words “For the earth isthe Lord’s and its fullness” in I Corinthians 10:28 is strongly supported bythe Greek Codex Sinaiticus, the Greek Codex Alexandrinus, the Greek CodexVaticanus, the Greek Codex Ephraimi Rescriptus, the Greek Codex Bezae, fourother Greek uncials, some Greek minuscules, Old Latin manuscripts, Jerome’s Latin Vulgate (as seen here, in the top left corner of the 2nd scanned image), the Syriac Peshitta,the Sahidic Coptic, and the Bohairic Coptic.Bruce M. Metzger, A TextualCommentary on the Greek New Testament, p. 561, states that this is “decisiveevidence supporting the shorter text.”As mentioned, later the words were added from their presence in v. 26,and this later addition is found in the inferior King James Version, but it doesnot represent the original text as written by Paul.

The sale is for a small leaf from a Latin Vulgate Bible written by amedieval scribe on vellum or animal skin in the 13th century, living inBologna, Italy. This is dated 200 to 250 years before Gutenberg\'s firstBible of 1455. The ink for the Biblical text is a dark brown, while therubrications for initial letters and chapter numbers alternate between red inkand blue ink. There are also small red marks to indicate the beginning ofverses. The colors are strong and fresh-looking, especially on the\"hair\" side, with the \"skin\" side being faded alittle.Size of thesheet is 4 1/4 in. x 6 1/4 in. Thetextblock area is 3 in. x 4 1/4 in. The writing by the scribe isextremely small and precise, with a full twelve lines per inch! The textcontains I Corinthians, chapters 9-12. You can examine the Latin textand an English translation on the Internet. Notice especially the three (3) large initial capital letters at the beginning of chapters, alternatingbetween red and blue (see the scanned images). Notice that whatever colorthe letter is, then the decorative fine filigree lines are of the othercolor. You can see that the initial letters are actually longer thanthe body of the text. There are many memorable passages in the text.

We need to put into context the work of Christian scribes during the last 2,000years. During these centuries scribes developed two kinds ofabbreviations in the manuscripts that were copied and re-copied. Thefirst kind of abbreviation was the shortening or abbreviation of very commonwords, so that it was easier and quicker to write such words. These donot concern us here. The second kind of abbreviation was for the wordsheld sacred by Christians. In the Latin tradition, and especially inJerome\'s Latin Vulgate text, these were called \"Nomina Sacra\" meaning\"Holy Names.\" The common example of Nomina Sacra are Lord, God,Jesus, Christ, Holy Spirit, the Father, and the Son. This leaf has theNomina Sacra or Holy Name for the word \"LORD\" and \"CHRIST.\" There are eight (8) instances of the abbreviation for CHRIST and seventeen (17) instances of the abbreviation for LORD.

[[[I must add the following in this particular handwritten manuscript leaf: As is evident to anyone who looks at a number of our rare listings, we show how the old Latin Vulgate text by Jerome is superior to the later texts seen in the 1611 King James Version. And this particular leaf has an important textual difference that is found in I Corinthians 10:28. However, what is absolutely unique is that this 13th century leaf also show how a scribe accidentally omitted one verse of sacred text, then became aware of his own error, and then added the missing words of an entire verse (I Corinthians 12:5) in the right margin of the 1st scanned image, all enclosed in an upside down trapezoid!]]]

The winner of the sale willreceive the original handwritten leaf, as well as a photocopy of the Latintext, marked by someone who has a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies (see the lastscanned image). This is an absolutely amazing leaf of the Latin Bible.

This is anoriginal 13th century handwrittenmanuscript Bible page, not a reproduction. Authenticity is 100%guaranteed.

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