The Codex Usserianus II, designated by r² or 28 (in the Beuron system), is an 8th to 10th century Latin

Latin

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 Gospel Book

Gospel Book

The Gospel Book, Evangelion, or Book of the Gospels is a codex or bound volume containing one or more of the four Gospels of the Christian New Testament...

, also known as The Garland of Howth. The text, written on vellum

Vellum

Vellum is mammal skin prepared for writing or printing on, to produce single pages, scrolls, codices or books. It is generally smooth and durable, although there are great variations depending on preparation, the quality of the skin and the type of animal used...

, is a version of the old Latin

Vetus Latina

Vetus Latina is a collective name given to the Biblical texts in Latin that were translated before St Jerome's Vulgate Bible became the standard Bible for Latin-speaking Western Christians. The phrase Vetus Latina is Latin for Old Latin, and the Vetus Latina is sometimes known as the Old Latin Bible...

. The manuscript contains the text of the four Gospels with lacunae.

The text of the codex is mixed. The text of Matthew is Old Latin, similar to that in Codex Usserianus I. The text of Mark, Luke, and John is very near to the Vulgate

Vulgate

The Vulgate is a late 4th-century Latin translation of the Bible. It was largely the work of St. Jerome, who was commissioned by Pope Damasus I in 382 to make a revision of the old Latin translations...

.

Abbott made a collation. The manuscript was examined and edited by Lawlor, Hoskier

Herman C. Hoskier

Herman Charles Hoskier , was a biblical scholar, British textual critic, and son of a merchant banker, Herman Hoskier .Hoskier, as textual critic, supported the Byzantine text-type against the Alexandrian text-type...

, and Jülicher.

Currently it is housed at the Trinity College

Trinity College, Dublin

Trinity College, Dublin , formally known as the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by letters patent from Queen Elizabeth I as the "mother of a university", Extracts from Letters Patent of Elizabeth I, 1592: "...we...found and...

 (A. IV. 6) at Dublin.

See also

• List of New Testament Latin manuscripts
• Codex Usserianus I
  Codex Usserianus Primus
  Codex Usserianus Primus is an early 7th century Old Latin Gospel Book. It is dated palaeographically to the 6th or 7th century. It is designated by r .- Description :...
  
  
• Würzburg Universitätsbibliothek Cod. M. p. th. f. 67
  Würzburg Universitätsbibliothek Cod. M. p. th. f. 67
  The Codex M. p. th. f. 67, designated by 11A , is an 8th or 9th century Latin Gospel Book. The text, written on vellum, it was known as a manuscript of Vulgate. The manuscript contains the text of the four Gospels on 192 parchment leaves . It is written in two columns per page, 20 lines per column...
  
  

Further reading

• T. K. Abbott
  Thomas Kingsmill Abbott
  Thomas Kingsmill Abbott was an Irish scholar and educator. He was born in Dublin and was educated at Trinity College. He took his degree in 1851 and was made a fellow of the college in 1854. He obtained an M.A. and a D...
  
  , Evangeliorum Versio antehieronymiana ex codice Usseriano, vol. II (Dublin, 1884), pp. 819-963.
• A. Jülicher, Itala. Das Neue Testament in Altlateinischer Überlieferung, Walter de Gruyter
  Walter de Gruyter
  Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG is a scholarly publishing house specializing in academic literature. Its origins date back to 1749 when it was given the right to print books by King Frederick II of Prussia. -De Gruyter Mouton:...
  
  , Berlin, New York, 1976.

External links

• The text of Codex Usserianus 2., r2 (microform) ("Garland of Howth") with critical notes to supplement and correct the collation of the late T. K. Abbott (1919)