Codex Glazier

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Codex Glazier, designated by cop^G67, is a Coptic uncial manuscript of the four Gospels, dated paleographically to the 5th century. It contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles 1:1-15:3. It is written in Middle-Egyptian dialect of Coptic language. The nomina sacra contracted.

The text of the codex ia a representative of the Western text-type, very close to the Codex Bezae. Currently it is main manuscript which supports the text of the Codex Bezae in the Acts. It is also only one Coptic manuscript with stricte Western text.^[1]

Before 1963 it was part of the private collection of the manuscripts of William S. Glazier.^[2] Currently it is housed at the Pierpont Morgan Library (MS. G. 67) in New York.^[1]

See also

• Biblical manuscript
• Coptic versions of the Bible

References

1. Hans-Martin Schenke, Apostelgeschichte 1, 1 - 15, 3 Im Mittelaegyptischen Dialekt des Koptischen (Codex Glazier) Berlin 1991, p. 1. 2. Bruce M. Metzger, The Early Versions of the New Testament, Oxford University Press, 1977, p. 119.

Further reading

• Hans-Martin Schenke, Apostelgeschichte 1, 1 - 15, 3 Im Mittelaegyptischen Dialekt des Koptischen (Codex Glazier) (Texte Und Untersuchungen Zur Geschichte Der Altchristlichen Literatur 137), Berlin: Akademie Verlag 1991.