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Gothic language fragments - Definition and Overview

leaf of the Codex Ambrosianus B

The Gothic language is only attested in a handful of codices, mainly parts of the Bible translation of Ulfilas.

  • Codex Argenteus (and Speyer fragment): parts of the gospels, 188 leaves.
  • Codex Ambrosianus (Milan) (and Codex Taurinensis) five parts, totalling 193 leaves.
  • Codex Gissensis (Gießen) one leaf, fragments of Luke 23-24. found in Egypt in 1907, destroyed by water damage in 1945.
  • Codex Carolinus: Wolfenbüttel, 4 leaves, fragments of Romans 11-15.
  • Codex Vaticanus Latinus 5750: 3 leaves, pages 57/58, 59/60 and 61/62 of the Skeireins.
  • Naples Deed: papyrus fragment of 551, four signatures
  • Arezzo Deed: papyrus fragment (now lost), one signature

There were other reports of discovery of parts of Ulfila's bible. Heinrich May in 1968 claimed 12 leaves of a palimpsest containing parts of the gospel of Matthew had been discovered in England. The claim was never substantiated.

See also

  • Codex Brixianus
  • Codex Rehdigerianus

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