HSM · Manuscripts
Codex Vaticanus
A major early witness to the Greek Bible, surviving with gaps in its biblical contents.
Manuscript or textual tradition
- Type
- Individual parchment codex
- Approximate period
- 4th century CE
- Language
- Greek
- Textual tradition
- Greek Christian Bible: Septuagint and New Testament
- Witnesses and designations
- Vatican Library, Vat. gr. 1209 (B / 03)
How to investigate
Compare its readings with Sinaiticus, papyri, and other manuscripts; neither codex represents every ancient reading.