Codex Bezae
| New Testament manuscript | |
A sample of the Greek text from the Codex Bezae | |
| Name | Bezae |
|---|---|
| Sign | Dea |
| Text | Gospels and Acts of Apostles |
| Date | c. ~400 |
| Script | Greek-Latin diglot |
| Now at | University of Cambridge |
| Size | 26 × 21.5 cm (10.2 × 8.5 in) |
| Type | Western text-type |
| Category | IV |
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The Codex Bezae Cantabrigiensis is a bi-lingual Greek and Latin manuscript of the New Testament written in an uncial hand on parchment. It is designated by the siglum Dea or 05 in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts, and δ 5 in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts. It contains most of the four Gospels and Acts, with a small fragment of 3 John. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it is currently dated to the 5th century.
Codex Bezae is renowned for having a distinctive text of the four Gospels and Acts, and is a leading member of the "Western" recension. The manuscript has been studied extensively.
A digital facsimile of the codex is available from Cambridge University Library, which holds the manuscript.