Codex Carolinus

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Codex Carolinus is a 6th- or 7th-century bilingual manuscript fragment preserving portions of the Gothic and Latin texts of the Bible, making it an important source for the study of the Gothic language and early biblical transmission.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Codex Gissensis 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gothic Bible manuscript
biblical manuscript
bilingual manuscript
associatedLanguageFamily Germanic languages NERFINISHED
Italic languages
associatedWith Gothic Bible of Ulfilas NERFINISHED
bilingualWith Gothic–Latin NERFINISHED
cataloguedAs Gothic manuscript fragment
containsTextFrom Epistle to the Romans NERFINISHED
content Bible NERFINISHED
currentLocation Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel NERFINISHED
date 6th century
7th century
era early Middle Ages
genre religious text
hasBilingualLayout parallel Gothic and Latin text
hasPortionOf Romans 11 NERFINISHED
Romans 12
Romans 13 NERFINISHED
Romans 14 NERFINISHED
Romans 15 NERFINISHED
Romans 16
hasResearchRelevanceFor Gothic morphology
Gothic orthography
Gothic syntax
languageOfText Gothic NERFINISHED
Latin
materialForm codex fragment
originatesFrom late antique period
preservationState fragmentary
regionOfDiscovery Weissenburg Abbey NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Christianity
script Gothic
Latin
scriptDirection left-to-right
shelfmark Cod. Guelf. 64 Weissenburg 1 NERFINISHED
significance important source for the study of early biblical transmission
important source for the study of the Gothic language
studiedInDiscipline historical linguistics
philology
textual criticism
textType New Testament NERFINISHED
usedFor comparison of Gothic and Latin biblical traditions
reconstruction of the Gothic Bible text
writingMaterial parchment
writingStyle uncial script
writingSystem Gothic alphabet NERFINISHED
Latin alphabet

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Gothic Bible survivesIn Codex Carolinus
Gothic Bible survivesIn Codex Carolinus
this entity surface form: Codex Gissensis