Codex Claromontanus
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First Composed: 5 April 2000
Last Updated: 5 April 2000
Name
Codex Claromontanus (Dp, 06, a 1026)
Date
6th Century CE.
Size
Written on vellum, 24.5-24.8 cm. x 19-20.1 cm. There is one column and 21 lines per page. The ink is brown.
Contents
It has Pauline Epistles (including Hebrews) in both Greek and Latin. The Greek text is on the left-hand page and the Latin on the right-hand.
Interestingly, two palimpest leaves (Nos. 162 and 163), which contains fragments of the Phaethon of Euripides under the New Testament text, have been detached from the codex and are designated Cod. Gr. 107 B.
Total number of leaves are 533.
The text is Western.
Writing
The words are written continuously without separation. Accents and breathing were added by a later hand. Old Testament quotations are in red (except in Hebrews). The first three lines of each epistle is in red.
The manuscript has been corrected by several hands.
Salient Features
The doxology of Romans comes after 16:24. Hebrews follows immediately after Philemon.
Location
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France.
References
[1] W. H. P. Hatch, The Principal Uncial Manuscripts Of The New Testament, 1939, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Plate XXX.