Codex Curiensis
New Testament manuscript
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The Codex Curiensis known also as Fragmenta Curiensia, designated by a2 or 16 (in Beuron system), is a 5th-century AD Latin manuscript of the New Testament. The text, written on vellum, is a version of the old Latin. The manuscript contains the fragments of the Gospel of Luke,[1] on exactly two parchment leaves.[2]
It contains a fragments of the Gospel of Luke 11:11-29; 13:16-34.[3] Pierre Batiffol was the first to suggest that these fragments belong to the same manuscript.[1] They were first discovered by Hidber, professor of Berne, then described by E. Ranke.[1]
The Latin text of the codex is a representative of the Western text-type in itala recension.[3]
Currently it is housed at the Rhätisches Museum (Clm 6436) in Chur.[2]
