Witness:04
Aliases:GA 04, Siglum C, Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus. TM 61778.
Description:Parchment, 33x27 cm, 208 extant leaf(s), 1 column(s), 41 line(s) per column, 34-45 characters per line, written in Greek. Palimpsest that also contains Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiates, Song of Songs, Wisdom, and Sirach. Was later overwitten with the treatises of Ephraem the Syrian. There were two other correctors after the terminus ad quem.
Provenance:
  • 375-499 – Written by unknown scribe with professional hand in Aegyptus, modern Miṣr. ︎🌍 (12 verses edited).
  • ? – Transferred to ? in İstanbul, Türkiye.
  • 1100 - 1199 – Overwritten by unknown scribe in ? with the treatises of Ephraem the Syrian.
  • 1453 – Transferred to Andreas Johannes Lascaris in Roma, Italia.
  • ? – Transferred to Cardinal Nicola Ridolfi in Firenze, Italia.
  • 1535 – Purchased by Piero Strozzi in Firenze, Italia.
  • ? – Purchased by Catherine de' Medici in Paris, France.
  • 1602 – Transferred to Bibliothèque nationale de France (National Library of France) in Paris, France.
  • Today – Grec 9, Bibliothèque nationale de France (National Library of France), Paris, France.
Content:Matt. 1:2-5:15, 7:5-17:26, 18:28-22:01, 22:03-20, 23:17-24:10, 24:45-25:30, 26:22-27:11, 27:47-28:14, Mark 1:17-6:31, 8:5-12:29, 13:19-16:20, Luke 1:2-2:5, 2:42-3:21, 4:25-6:4, 6:37-7:16, 8:28-12:3, 19:42-20:27, 21:21-22:19, 23:25-24:7, 24:45-53, John 1:3-40, 3:33-5:16, 6:38-7:3, 8:34-9:11, 11:8-46, 13:8-14:7, 16:21-18:36, 20:26-21:25, Acts 1:2-4:3, 5:35-6:7, 6:9-10:42, 13:1-3, 13:5-16:36, 20:10-21:30, 22:21-23:18, 24:15-26:19, 27:16-28:4, Jas. 1:1-4:2, 1Pet. 1:2-4:5, 2Pet. 1:2-3:18, 1John 1:1-4:2, 3John, Jude, Rom. 1:1-2:5, 3:21-7:25, 8:3-9:5, 10:15-11:31, 13:10-16:27, 1Cor. 1:3-7:18, 9:6-13:8, 15:40-16:24, 2Cor. 1:2-10:2, 10:4-8, Gal. 1:21-6:18, Eph. 2:18-4:16, Phil. 1:22-3:5, Col. 1:2-4:18, 1Thes. 1:2-2:8, Heb. 2:4-7:26, 9:15-10:24, 12:16-13:25, 1Tim. 3:9-5:19, 2Tim. 1:3-4:22, Tit. 1:2-3:15, Phmn. 1:3-1:25, Rev. 1:2-3:19, 5:14-7:14, 9:17-10:10, 7:17-8:4, 11:3-16:13, 18:2-19:5. Omitted Mark 9:44, 46, 11:26, 15:28, John 5:4, Acts 8:37, Rom. 8:1-2, 16:24. (4963 verses)
Bibliography:
  • Institut für Neutestamentliche Textforschung. New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room. (Münster). https://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/manuscript-workspace, accessed 04/12/2024. [compared]
  • Lyon, Robert W. A Re-examination of Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus. University of Saint Andrews (Saint Andrews), 1959. OCLC 899694090. [consulted]
  • Tischendorf, Constantinus. Codex Ephraemi Syri Rescriptus Sive Fragmenta Novi Testamenti. Bernh. Tauchnitz Jun. (Lipsiae), 1843. OCLC 25120095. [princeps]
Transcription:Created 12/26/2014 (first publicly-available electronic transcription), modified 03/28/2024.