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Septuagint manuscripts

The Septuagint (LXX), the ancient (first centuries BC) Alexandrian translation of Jewish scriptures into Koine Greek exists in various manuscript versions.

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List of Septuagint manuscripts

The list of Septuagint manuscripts according to the classification of Alfred Rahlfs - a list of all known Septuagint manuscripts proposed by Alfred Rahlfs based on census of Holmes and Parsons.

The first list of Septuagint manuscripts was presented by Holmes and Parsons. Their edition ends with a full list of manuscripts known to them set out in the Annexes. It enumerates 311 codes (marked with Roman numerals I-XIII and Arab 14-311), of which the codes are designated by their siglum I-XIII, 23, 27, 39, 43, 156, 188, 190, 258, 262.

The codes marked with Roman numerals signify given letters from A to Z.

There are currently over 2000 classified manuscripts of the Septuagint.

Division in classification by Rahlfs

The table of Septuagint manuscripts is divided into ten parts:

  • Part I: A-Z (selected codes in majuscule).
  • Part II: 13-311 (numbering given by Holmes and Parsons)
  • Part III: 312-800 (manuscripts of the Old Testament, with the exception of the Psalms)
  • Part IV: 801-1000 (small fragments of the Old Testament, with the exception of the Psalms)
  • Part V: 1001-1400 (psalms from the twelfth century)
  • Part VI: 1401-2000 (psalms uncertain dating younger)
  • Part VII: 2001-3000 (small fragments psalter [to the eighth century])
  • Part VIII: 3001-5000 (manuscripts of the Old Testament, with the exception of the Psalms)
  • Part IX: 5001-7000 (small fragments of the Old Testament, with the exception of the Psalms)
  • Part X: 7001-xxxx (psalms)

    • Abbreviations

  • Oct. – Octateuch (ἡ ὀκτάτευχος = Genesis – Ruth)
  • Pent. – Pentateuch (Genesis – Deuteronomy)
  • Hept. – Heptateuch (Genesis – Judges)

    • Latin terms

  • aliquot – some
  • Catenarum – chain
  • ecloge – safeguard page
  • excerpta – items
  • graduales – Songs of Ascents (Ps 119-133 by the numbering in the LXX)
  • inter alia – among others
  • poenitentiales – Penitential Psalms
  • sine – without

    • List of manuscripts

    State according to a document dated December 2012.

    References

    Septuagint manuscripts Wikipedia
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