The Codex Sangallensis63, designated by S in some critical editions of the Bible, is a 9th-century Latin manuscript of the New Testament. The text, written on vellum, is a version of the Vulgate and contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Epistles, Book of Revelation, and non-biblical material (an Etymological dictionary). The manuscript has not survived in a complete condition, some parts of it have been lost.[1] The original manuscript did not contain the Comma Johanneum (in 1 John 5:7), but it was added by a later hand on the margin (see picture).[2]
Codex Sangallensis contains 160 leaves (320 pages) arranged in quarto, in one thick volume. The measures of leaves are 22.3 by 19.2 cm. A single paper fly-leaf was added by a later hand. The text is written in 22 lines in one (pages 1–49) or two (pages 50–320) columns per page in Carolingian minuscule letters with black ink.[3] The head-pieces are written in uncial letters, the initial letters are red. It has some margin notes.[3][4] The order of books: Pauline epistles (folios 2-163), Acts (163-244), Catholic epistles (245-283), and Apocalypse (283-320). The text does not contain the second and third Epistle of John.[5][6] The original codex did not contain the Comma Johanneum (in 1 John 5:7), but it was added by a later hand on the margin (see picture).[5] The Comma:
The manuscript was examined and described by H. Brauer,[8] A. Bruckner,[9] G. Scherrer.[10] It was digitised in 2008 and it is available on the site of the Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland.[3] Palaeographically the manuscript is dated to the 9th or 10th century.[3] Currently the manuscript is housed at the Abbey library of Saint Gall (63) in St. Gallen.[3]
