Forty Excerpts from the Greek Old Testament in Codex Rossanensis (Rossano, Museo Diocesano, S.N.), A Sixth-Century Gospels Manuscript
In a section of introductiory material preceding the text of the Gospels, Codex Rossanensis (Rossano, Museo Diocesano, s.n. [Σ, 042]) contains 40 excerpts of the Greek Old Testament. These excerpts accompany miniatures depicting scenes from the Gospels and serve as a commentary, explaining the scene...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2016]
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2016, Volume: 67, Issue: 2, Pages: 507-541 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Codex purpureus Rossanensis
/ Old Testament
/ Exerpt
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages |
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Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | In a section of introductiory material preceding the text of the Gospels, Codex Rossanensis (Rossano, Museo Diocesano, s.n. [Σ, 042]) contains 40 excerpts of the Greek Old Testament. These excerpts accompany miniatures depicting scenes from the Gospels and serve as a commentary, explaining the scenes they depict as fulfilling Old Testament prophecy, but what is their origin? Were they derived or copied from a pre-existing collection? Were they individually and intentionally selected for the production of Codex Rossanensis? In this article, the text of these 40 LXX excerpts is given, and possible clues to identify the source(s) of the excerpts are evaluated. In short, these 40 excerpts do not exhibit the tendencies characteristic of a pre-existing collection, and in many cases there is evidence that they were carefully selected, possibly for liturgical reasons, to accompany and to explain the miniatures in Codex Rossanensis. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flw165 |