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The Bruce Codex (Latin: Codex Brucianus) is a codex that contains Coptic, Arabic, and Ethiopic manuscripts. It contains rare Gnostic works; the Bruce Codex is the only known surviving copy of the Books of Jeu and another work simply called Untitled Text or the Untitled Apocalypse. In 1769, James Bruce purchased the codex in Upper Egypt.
A Catalogue of Books Printed in the Fifteenth Century now in the Bodleian Library; Christian Doctrine in the Brasílica Language; Codex Baroccianus; Codex Bodley; Codex Laud; Codex Laudianus; Codex Marshall 691; Codex Marshall Or. 5; Codex Marshall Or. 6; Codex Marshall Or. 99; Codex Mendoza; Codex Selden; Conservative Party Archive
It is believed that the Sahidic Coptic of the Codex version is a translation, however, and the original was written in Koine Greek in the early 3rd century. This estimate is because the Pistis Sophia mentions the two books of Jeu twice (158.18 and 228.35), suggesting that the Books of Jeu were written before it, and the Pistis Sophia is dated ...
The Bodleian Library obtained the codex in 1848, and in 1886 they bound the texts together. [9] Between Woide's transcription of the codex and the 1970s, seven leaves disappeared altogether, and there is significant damage throughout the manuscripts. [10] Among the texts in the Bruce Codex were the Untitled Text and the Books of Jeu.
The codex was given in 1661 by Parthenius, Patriarch of Constantinople, to Heneage Finch, Earl of Winchelesa, British Ambassador at the court of sultan. [3] It was known as Codex Bodleianus 5. It was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Johann Jakob Wettstein. [4] [5] It was examined by Mill (as Bodleianus 7) and Griesbach. [2]
[4] [5] The codex was examined by Mill and Griesbach. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883. [2] The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3). [6] Kirsopp and Silva Lake published its facsimile. [7] Currently the codex is located in the Bodleian Library (Arch. Selden. B. 54, fol. 155-217) in Oxford. [1]
The Tiberius manuscript most intricately illustrates the 37 wonders described in both Latin and Old English. The Bodleian 614 manuscript, only in Latin, depicts 49 wonders. Lastly, the Nowell Codex, in Old English, contains only 32 images. The images parallel the text, and provide a picture of the described creatures.
The library was originally named for the Sackler family, whose funding of the arts became controversial in the context of the opioid epidemic. [2] It was renamed the Bodleian Art, Archaeology and Ancient World Library at a meeting of the University Council on 15 May 2023, following a review of the university's relationship with the family.