Editing Codex Boernerianus (section)

== History ==
The codex was probably written by an [[Hiberno-Scottish mission|Irish]] monk in the [[Abbey of St. Gall]], [[Switzerland]] between 850-900 A.D. Kuster was the first to recognize the 9th century date of Codex Boernerianus. <sup>[1]</sup>  The evidence for this date includes the style of the script, the smaller uncial letters in Greek, the Latin interlinear written in Anglo-Saxon minuscule, and the separation of words. <sup>[1]</sup> 

In 1670 it was in the hands of P. Junius at [[Leiden]]. The codex got its name from its first German owner, [[University of Leipzig]] professor [[Christian Frederick Boerner|Boerner]], who bought it in [[Holland]] in the year 1705.<ref name = Gregory>[[Caspar René Gregory|C. R. Gregory]], „Textkritik des Neuen Testaments“, Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 112. </ref> It was collated by [[Ludolph Kuster|Kuster]], described in the preface to his edition of [[John Mill|Mill's]] Greek New Testament. The manuscript was designated by symbol '''G''' in the second part of [[Johann Jakob Wettstein|Wettstein's]] New Testament.<ref>Alexander Chalmers, ''The General biographical dictionary'' (London 1812), Vol. 4, pp. 508-509. </ref> The text of the codex was published by [[Christian Frederick Matthaei|Matthaei]], at Meissen, in Saxony, in 1791, and supposed by him to have been written between the 8th and 12th centuries.<ref>Ch. F. Matthaei, ''XIII epistolarum Pauli codex Graecus cum versione latine veteri vulgo Antehieronymiana olim Boernerianus nunc bibliothecae electoralis Dresdensis'', Meissen, 1791.</ref> Rettig thought that Codex Sangallensis is a part of the same boo as the Codex Boernerianus.<ref>H. C. M. Rettig, ''Antiquissimus quattor evangeliorum canonicorum Codex Sangallensis Graeco-Latinus intertlinearis'', (Zurich, 1836). </ref>

During [[World War II]], the codex suffered severely from water damage. Thus, the facsimile, as published in 1909, provides the most legible text. Some scholars believe that, originally, this codex formed a unit with the Gospel manuscript [[Codex Sangallensis 48]] (Δ/037). Boernerianus is housed now in the [[Saxon State Library]] (A 145b), [[Dresden]], [[Germany]], while Δ (037) is at [[Saint Gallen]], in [[Switzerland]].<ref name = Metzger/>