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The '''Codex Palatinus''', designated by '''e''' or '''2''' (in Beuron system), is a 4th or 5th century [[Latin]] [[Gospel Book]]. The text, written on [[Purple parchment|purple dyed vellum]] in gold and silver ink (as are codices ''[[Codex Vercellensis|a]] [[Codex Veronensis|b]] [[Codex Brixianus|f]] [[Codex Vindobonensis Lat. 1235|i]] [[Codex Purpureus Sarzanensis|j]]''), is a version of the [[Vetus Latina|old Latin]].  Most of the manuscript is in the [[Austrian National Library]] at [[Vienna]] (Lat. 1185), with one leaf at the [[Trinity College, Dublin]] (N. 4. 18), and one leaf at the [[British Library]] (Add. 40107) at [[London]].<ref name = Metzger/>


== Description ==
The manuscript contains the text of the four [[Gospel]]s. The Gospels follow in the Western order.<ref name = Metzger>[[Bruce M. Metzger]], ''The Early Versions of the New Testament'', [[Oxford University Press]], 1977, p. 296.</ref> 

It has numerous [[Lacuna (manuscripts)|lacunae]].<ref name = Scrivener>{{Cite book
 | last = Scrivener
 | first = Frederick Henry Ambrose
 | authorlink = Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener
 | coauthors = Edward Miller
 | title = [[A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament]], Vol. 2
 | publisher = [[George Bell & Sons]]
 | year = 1894
 | location = London
 | edition = fourth
 | pages = 45–46
 | url = 
 | isbn = }}</ref> 

The Latin text of the codex is basically ''African'' recension, but it has been strongly Europeanized.<ref>Bruce M. Metzger, ''The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration'', Oxford University Press 2005, p. 102.</ref>

In John 1:34 it reflects ὁ ἐκλεκτός along with the manuscripts [[Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 208 + 1781|<math>\mathfrak{P}</math><sup>5</sup>]], [[Papyrus 106|<math>\mathfrak{P}</math><sup>106</sup>]], א, [[Codex Veronensis|b]], ff<sup>2</sup>, [[Curetonian Gospels|syr<sup>c</sup>]], [[Syriac Sinaiticus|syr<sup>s</sup>]].<ref>NA26, p. 249.</ref>

== History ==
The manuscript was acquired from [[Trento|Trent]] between 1800 and 1829.<ref name = Scrivener/> It was edited by [[Constantin von Tischendorf]] (''Evangelicum Palatinum ineditum'', Leipzig 1847), [[Johannes Belsheim]], and Jülicher.<ref name = Metzger/><ref name = Gregory>{{Cite book
 | last = Gregory
 | first = Caspar René
 | authorlink = Caspar René Gregory
 | title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments
 | publisher = 
 | year = 1902
 | location = Leipzig
 | volume = 2
 | page = 602
 | url = http://www.archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne01greggoog#page/n135/mode/2up
 | isbn = }}</ref> 


== See also ==
{{Portal|Bible}}

* [[List of New Testament Latin manuscripts]]
* [[Purple parchment]]

== References ==

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== Further reading ==

* J. Belsheim, [http://www.archive.org/stream/evangeliumpalat00natigoog#page/n4/mode/2up ''Evangelium palatinum: reliqvias IV Evangeliorum ante Hieronymum latine translatorum''], 1896.
* A. Jülicher, ''Itala. Das Neue Testament in Altlateinischer Überlieferung'', [[Walter de Gruyter]], Berlin, New York, 1976. ([http://books.google.pl/books?id=-8RbpOTo-NwC&printsec=frontcover&hl=#v=onepage&q&f=false Marcus Evangelium])
* E. A. Lowe, ''On the African Origin of Codex Palatinus of the Gospels (e)'', The Journal of Theological Studies 1922 os-XXIII(92):401-404.

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