Codex Vaticanus
"The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God…" — Vaticanus is the oldest and most important single witness to the Greek New Testament text.
Held in the Vatican Library since at least the fifteenth century, Codex Vaticanus is widely regarded as the most important witness to the Greek Bible — written in the early fourth century, slightly older than Sinaiticus, and preserving most of the Septuagint and the New Testament.
CONTENTS & SIGNIFICANCE
- The oldest Greek Biblec. 300–325 CE
Dated to the early fourth century, possibly produced in Alexandria or Rome.
- The Vatican collection
Catalogued in the Vatican Library by 1475; a cornerstone of biblical textual criticism.
- Damaged sections
Genesis 1–46, some Psalms, and parts of the New Testament are missing through age and use.
- Textual significance
The basis of many modern critical editions of the Greek New Testament.
Source citation: https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.gr.1209