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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.
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]
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 ...
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
The Kirchenväterkommission entrusted Schmidt with the publishing of Codex Brucianus and Pistis Sophia (Codex Askewianus). For the publishing of the meanwhile mutilated and partly destroyed Codex Brucianus, Schmidt was able to use the copies and notes of Karl Gottfried Woide and Moritz Gotthilf Schwartze , which were made, when the manuscript ...
Marvels of the East, opening, folio 039v-040r, early twelfth century, Bodleian Library, University of Oxford. The Wonders of the East (or The Marvels of the East) is an Old English prose text, probably written around AD 1000. It is accompanied by many illustrations and appears also in two other manuscripts, in both Latin and Old English.
At this time, there were few books written in English held in the library, partially because academic work was not done in English. [19] Thomas James suggested that Bodley should ask the Stationers' Company to provide a copy of all books printed to the Bodleian [ 21 ] and in 1610 Bodley made an agreement with the company to put a copy of every ...