CODEX ZACYNTHIUS

什么是Codex Zacynthius？它是希腊文新约中最古老的手稿，包含早期基督教神学家著作和圣经文本的摘录。这是一部手稿，其历史有两个阶段。原始手稿是在公元700年左右复制的，其中包含路加福音，在三个外部空白处写有摘录。它最近被剑桥大学图书馆买下，这为更多地了解它提供了一个独特的机会。在十三世纪手稿被肢解，墨水被擦掉。然后，它被重新用于制作福音书的经文手稿，与原文成直角。因此，旧的文本是不完整的，它的大部分已经难以辨认至今。为什么它被称为法典Zacynthius？Mannapts通常被赋予一个拉丁名称，以显示它们被发现的地方，或者它们现在被保存的地方。Zacynthius手抄本是在Zante岛（Zakynthos）上发现的，Zante岛位于希腊爱奥尼亚群岛的最南端。这是一个礼物，从王子Comuto的赞特给英国士兵，科林麦考利将军，谁捐赠给英国和外国圣经协会在1821年。它长期以来一直由剑桥大学图书馆保管，最终在2014年买下了手稿。为什么原始手稿很重要？从早期基督教作家那里摘录解释圣经文本的习俗本身就是一项迷人的研究，展示了不同的世代如何在他们整个遗产的背景下理解圣经。它也是有价值的，因为其中一些摘录是从已经完全丢失的著作中摘录的。有时候，这些作品表达的观点后来被认为是异端，所以我们失去了访问的意见本身，只有看到他们通过对手的眼睛。恢复这些摘录让我们对这些失落的著作和失落的解释有了诱人的一瞥。后来的文本很重要，因为经文集是希腊新约文本传统中一个未充分研究的元素，但代表了大多数人在公共礼拜期间使用圣经进行阅读时遇到圣经的形式。该项目将取得什么成果？由于旧的手稿被彻底清洗过，无论是通过肉眼还是传统的摄影都无法完全阅读。该项目将使用一种名为多光谱成像的技术制作新的数字图像，这将使人们有可能找到原始墨水的确切波长。从这些图像中，我们将能够对手稿的原始文本进行第一次完整的翻译。我们也将作出一个完整的转录后的文本。我们还将对摘录进行翻译。我们将使用伯明翰大学文本学术和电子编辑研究所开发的技术，以电子格式制作这些译文。这些图片和照片都将在互联网上发布。我们还将研究摘录，并能够写第一个完整的说明，其中他们被放在一起。然后，我们将能够讨论他们在圣经研究的更广泛的图片的位置。我们将翻译原文，以便非希腊语观众能够理解。

What is Codex Zacynthius?It is the oldest manuscript of the Greek New Testament to contain extracts from early Christian theologians writings as well as the biblical text. It is a manuscript with two stages to its history. The original manuscript was copied around the year 700, and contained the Gospel of Luke, with the extracts written around it in the three outer margins. It has recently been bought by Cambridge University Library, and this provides a unique opportunity to find out more about it.In the thirteenth century the manuscript was dismembered and the ink was rubbed out. It was then re-used to make a lectionary manuscript of the Gospels, written at right-angles to the original text. As a result, the older text is incomplete and much of it has been illegible ever since.Why is it called Codex Zacynthius?Manuscripts are often given a Latin name showing where they were found, or where they are now kept. Codex Zacynthius was found on the Island of Zante (Zakynthos), the most southerly of Greece's Ionian Islands. It was a gift from Prince Comuto of Zante to a British soldier, General Colin Macaulay, who donated it to the British and Foreign Bible Society in 1821. It has for long been in the keeping of Cambridge University Library, who finally bought the manuscript in 2014.Why does the original manuscript matter?The custom of making extracts from early Christian writers explaining biblical text is a fascinating study in its own right, showing how different generations understood scripture in the context of their entire heritage. It is also of value because some of these excerpts are taken from writings that have been lost in their entirety. Sometimes these are writings expressing views later deemed heretical, so that we lost access to the views themselves and only saw them through their opponents' eyes. Recovering these extracts gives us tantalising glimpses of such lost writings and lost interpretations.The later text is important because lectionaries are an under-studied element of the textual tradition of the Greek New Testament, but represent the form in which most people encountered the Bible as they were used for reading during public worship.What will the project achieve?Because the older manuscript was so thoroughly cleaned, it cannot be fully read either by eyesight or by traditional photography.The project will make new digital images using a technique called Multi-Spectral Imaging, which will make it possible to find the exact wavelength of the original ink. From these images we will be able to make the first complete transcriptions of the original text of the manuscript. We will also make a complete transcription of the later text. We will also make a translation of the extracts.We will makes these transcriptions in an electronic format, using techniques developed in the Institute for Textual Scholarship and Electronic Editing at the University of Birmingham. The images and transcriptions will all be published on the internet. We will also study the extracts and be able to write the first complete account of the way in which they were put together. We will then be able to discuss their place in the wider picture of biblical study. We will translate the original text in order to make it accessible to a non-Greek speaking audience.