Editing Codex Zacynthius (section)

=== Discovery and further research ===
[[Image:Samuel P Tregelles.jpg|thumb|Samuel Prideaux Tregelles]]
The early history of the manuscript is unknown. In 1821 it was brought by general [[Colin Macaulay]] to England from the Greek island [[Zakynthos]] in the [[Ionian Sea]]. The manuscript was placed in the library of the [[British and Foreign Bible Society]] (Mss 24) in [[London]].<sup>[]</sup>

[[Johann Martin Augustin Scholz|Scholz]] saw the manuscript in 1845, and [[Paul de Lagarde]] in 1853, but they did not decipher it.<sup>[]</sup> The lower text of the codex was deciphered, transcribed, and edited by [[Samuel Prideaux Tregelles|Tregelles]] in 1861.<sup>[]</sup> Tregelles used [[Sort (typesetting)|types]] originally cast for printing the [[Codex Alexandrinus]],<ref>Henry Alford, ''The Greek New Testament'' (London, 1863), Vol. 1, p. 113.</ref> which only approximately represented the shape of the letters of the codex. The hand-written letters are smaller than the type. Tregelles included one page of typographical facsimile in this edition.<sup>[]</sup> He did not decipher the small Patristic writing and doubted that it could be read without chemical restoration.<sup>[]</sup>

Nicholas Pocock found errors in Tregelles' edition,<sup>[]</sup> but [[William Hatch]] thought it satisfactory. J. Harold Greenlee corrected Tregelles' errors and edited the list of corrections in 1957,sup>[]</sup> which was examined by [[William Hatch]]. In 1959 Greenlee published a commentary.<sup>[]</sup> The codex probably needs another examination with modern technology.<sup>[]</sup>

Tischendorf cited the codex in his [[Editio Octava Critica Maior]] in 564 places.<sup>[]</sup>
It is often cited in the critical editions of the [[Novum Testamentum Graece|Greek New Testament]] (UBS3,<sup>[]</sup> UBS4,<sup>[]</sup> NA26,<sup>[]</sup>).

In 1985 it was moved to the [[Cambridge University Library]] (BFBS Ms 213). In December 2013, the Bible Society announced plans to sell some manuscripts, among them the Codex Zacynthius, to raise funds for a Visitors Centre in Wales. The University was given [[right of first refusal]] and has until February 2014 to raise the money to acquire the codex.<sup>[]</sup>