Oriental MS 425
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Oriental MS 425, is a bilinguical Bohairic-Arabic, uncial manuscript of the New Testament, on paper, now in the British Library in London. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1308. The manuscript is lacunose.
It contains the text of the four Gospels on 164 paper leaves (25.4 by 18.5 cm) with a large lacunae (Luke, John 1:1-19:6; 20:13-21:13). The text is written in two columns per page, 33 lines per page.[1] It contains the Eusebian tables, tables of the κεφαλαια, numerals of the κεφαλαια are given in Coptic and Greek, the Ammonian Sections, a references to the Eusebian Canons, and pictures.[2]
It lacks text of Matthew 18:11.[2]
History
The manuscript was written by Joannes, a scribe.[3]
The manuscript was purchased by Archdeacon Henry Tattam's sale.[2] The manuscript was examined by Lightfoot and Arthur Headlam.[1]
Horner saw the manuscript in 1892. He used it in his edition of the Bohairic New Testament as a basis for the text of the Gospels.[4]