Manuscripts

1. Codex Argenteus

location: Uppsala, Universitetsbibliotek [Sign. DG. 1]
size: 187 leaves (originally 336 leaves)
content: parts of the Gospels in the order Matthew, John, Luke, Mark

Splendid manuscript written in silver and gold ink on purple parchment, also known as the Silver Bible (Swedish Silverbibeln). Presumably written in Italy in the early 6th century. First discovered in the sixteenth century in the monastery of Werden (Germany). Subsequently taken to Prague (Rudolf II), captured by the Swedes (1648) and brought to Stockholm, taken to Holland by Isaac Vossius and finally bought by Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, who donated the manuscript to the University of Uppsala (1669). UNESCO Memory of the World, registered 2011.

External links:

• Codex Argenteus at Uppsala University Library, with copies of several early printed editions.
• Digital version of the 1927 facsimile, by David Landau – or at Uppsala.
• Bibliography of the Codex Argenteus, compiled by Christian Petersen.

2. Codex Ambrosianus A

location: Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana [Sign. S. 36 parte superiore]
size: 102 leaves (190 legible, 2 illegible and 12 empty pages)
content: parts of the Epistles, Gothic Calendar

Codex rescriptus (palimpsest).

3. Codex Ambrosianus B

location: Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana [Sign. S. 45 parte superiore]
size: 77 leaves (154 pages and 2 empty pages)
content: parts of the Epistles

Codex rescriptus (palimpsest).

4. Codex Ambrosianus C

location: Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana [Sign. J. 61 parte superiore]
size: 2 leaves
content: fragments of Matthew 25-27

Codex rescriptus (palimpsest).

5. Codex Ambrosianus D

location: Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana [Sign. G. 82 parte superiore]
size: 3 leaves
content: fragments of Nehemiah 5-7

Codex rescriptus (palimpsest).

6. Codex Ambrosianus E

location: Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana [Sign. E. 147 parte superiore]
size: 5 leaves
content: pages 77/78, 79/80, 111/112, 113/114 and 309/310 of the Skeireins (commentary on St. John)

Codex rescriptus (palimpsest). See Christian Petersen's Skeireins Project.

7. Codex Carolinus

location: Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek [Sign. 4148]
size: 4 leaves
content: fragments of Romans 11-15

Codex rescriptus (palimpsest). Bilingual Latin-Gothic. See Christian Petersen's edition and bibliography.

8. Codex Gissensis

location: [Gießen, Universitätsbibliothek] [Sign. [Handschrift Nr. 651/20]]
size: 1 (damaged) double leaf
content: fragments of Luke 23-24

Bilingual Latin-Gothic, found in Egypt (1907). Destroyed by water damage in 1945. We refer to Christian Petersen's website for more information, including images and a bibliography.

9. Codex Taurinensis [part of A]

location: Turin, University library
size: 4 leaves
content: fragments of the Epistles to the Galatians and Colossians

Codex rescriptus (palimpsest). Four damaged leaves from Codex Ambrosianus A: nur ein nach Turin verschlagenes Stück von A (Streitberg 1919, S. 367).

10. Codex Vaticanus Latinus 5750

location: Rome, Biblioteca Vaticana [Sign. Cod. Vat. lat. 5750]
size: 3 leaves
content: pages 57/58, 59/60 and 61/62 of the Skeireins (commentary on St. John)

Codex rescriptus (palimpsest). David Landau's site has an image of the manuscript (leaf 1, page 57). See Skeireins Project for more information.

11. Naples Deed

location: Naples
size: fragment
content: four signatures

Papyrus, 551 A.D. We refer again to Christian Petersen's website for a complete bibliography and image.

12. Arezzo Deed

location: [Arezzo]
size: fragment
content: one signature

Papyrus. Previously in Arezzo, now lost. Bibliography by Christian Petersen.

13. Speyer fragment [part of CA]

location: Speyer
size: 1 leaf
content: final verses of Mark 16

Fragmentum Spirense: last leaf of the Codex Argenteus, found in Speyer in 1970. Bibliography by Christian Petersen.