Codex Petropolitanus
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Codex Petropolitanus is the Latin for Saint Petersburg Codex and may refer to one of the following manuscripts preserved in the Russian National Library
Russian National Library
The National Library of Russia in St Petersburg, known as the State Public Saltykov-Shchedrin Library from 1932 to 1992 , is the oldest public library in Russia...

, St. Petersburg:
  • Codex Petropolitanus Purpureus
    Codex Petropolitanus Purpureus
    Codex Petropolitanus Purpureus, designated by N or 022 , ε 19 , is a 6th century Greek New Testament codex gospel book. Written in majuscules , on 231 parchment leaves, measuring 32 x 27 cm...

     N (022), New Testament manuscript from the 6th century, written in uncial
    Uncial
    Uncial is a majuscule script commonly used from the 3rd to 8th centuries AD by Latin and Greek scribes. Uncial letters are written in either Greek, Latin, or Gothic.-Development:...

     (majuscule) script with silver ink on purple parchment and preserved in the Russian National Library
    Russian National Library
    The National Library of Russia in St Petersburg, known as the State Public Saltykov-Shchedrin Library from 1932 to 1992 , is the oldest public library in Russia...

    . Other leaves are held by the British Library
    British Library
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     in London
    London
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    , the Byzantine museum in Thessaloniki
    Thessaloniki
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    , the Vatican
    Vatican City
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    , Lerma
    Lerma
    Lerma is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km southeast of Turin and about 30 km south of Alessandria....

    /Alessandria
    Alessandria
    -Monuments:* The Citadel * The church of Santa Maria di Castello * The church of Santa Maria del Carmine * Palazzo Ghilini * Università del Piemonte Orientale-Museums:* The Marengo Battle Museum...

     in Italy
    Italy
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    , Patmos
    Patmos
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    , and the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York
    New York
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  • Codex Petropolitanus
    Codex Petropolitanus (New Testament)
    Codex Petropolitanus, designated by Π or 041 , ε 73 , is a Greek uncial manuscript of the Gospels, dated palaeographically to the 9th century...

     Π (041), New Testament manuscript from the 9th century, written in uncial (majuscule) script on parchment and preserved in the Russian National Library.

  • An Old Testament manuscript B19A, which is also called Codex Leningradensis
    Leningrad Codex
    The Leningrad Codex is the oldest complete manuscript of the Hebrew Bible in Hebrew, using the masoretic text and Tiberian vocalization. It is dated AD 1008 according to its colophon...


  • A manuscript of Tertullian
    Tertullian
    Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus, anglicised as Tertullian , was a prolific early Christian author from Carthage in the Roman province of Africa. He is the first Christian author to produce an extensive corpus of Latin Christian literature. He also was a notable early Christian apologist and...

    , Apologeticus from the 8th–9th century is sometimes referred to a Codex Petropolitanus Latinus Q.v.I.40. It is on 61 folios of parchment, originating in the Abbey of Corbie.
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