Codex Vaticanus Graece 1209, B/03
Dittographies and other corrections
The script of Vaticanus had been completely reinforced, probably around the 10th CE. The reinforcer was careful enough not to enhance text that had been accidently copied twice (dittography).
Dittographies, where the second part is enhanced, had been labeled by the first hand corrector with small ( signs. This allowed the reinforcer to recognize them as dittographies and enhance the second part.
Example:
List of corrections with unenhanced text:
(This list is probably not complete, but I tried to list everything I observed.)
- 1248 C 12 ERGWN corrected in the margin to TEKNWN, Mt 11:19
- 1250 B 7 OUK not enhanced (OUK AFEQHSETAI)
- 1253 B 15 EIPEN corrected in the margin to LEGEI AUTOIS
even though AUTOIS is already in the text.
Reinforcer enhanced LEGEI only
- 1253 C 31 EPEI corr. to OTI
- 1256 B 30 AITEI corr. to EPIZHTEI, Mt 16:4
- 1258 A 26 MOU not enhanced (UION MOU)
- 1262 C 28/29 Dittography 2nd enhanced
- 1265 A 19 O NUMFWN corr. to O GAMOS
- 1266 A 23 Dittography 1st enhanced AUTON
- 1271 A 31 KAI not enhanced (FAGEIN KAI DIYH...), Mt 25:42
- 1273 B 22/23 Dittography 2nd enhanced
- 1291 A 32 Dittography 1st enhanced EGW
- 1292 C 17 R Corr. not enhanced, Mk 10:19, MH APOSTERHSHS
- 1305 B 13/14 Dittography 2nd enhanced
- 1308 C 31 L weak correction BASILEIAS for HGEMONIAS, Lk 3:1 (image right)
- 1308 C 40 L very weak: THS OREINHS ("hill-country") for THS ITOURAIAS
- 1321 C 21 Lk 9:18 SYNHNTHSAN
- 1322 A 6 AP(ARNH...)
- 1330 B 37 TON TOPON corr. to THN GHN
- 1363 B 30 Dittography 1st enhanced OI
- 1366 C 21 Dittography 2nd enhanced TAUTAUTA Jo 11:11
- 1370 C 33-35 Dittography 2nd enhanced
- 1375 C 19/20 Haplography Jo 17:15-16 (KOSMOU) has been corrected
- 1375 C 29/30 Dittography 1st enhanced
- 1392 A 40 L Corr. not enhanced, Act 7:42
EN TH ERHMW left out
- 1394 A 3/4 Dittography 1st enhanced THN ODON
- 1409 A 23/24 TITIOU not enhanced (Umlaut, between two lines!)
ONOMATIIOUCTOU -> ONOMATITITIOUIOUCTOU
probably wrongly interpreted as a dittography
- 1409 B 31 Dittography 1st enhanced TWNTWN
- 1413 C 7 ELEGAN
has been inadvertantly repeated from an earlier part of the sentence:
Act 21:4 ELEGAN DIA TON PNEUMATOS ELEGAN MH...
- 1420 A 34 ENFANISQHSAN, underlined letters (SQH) not enhanced
- 1420 C 18/19 Corr. DE TOU PAULOU -> DE TOUTOU
- 1424 A 27 Act 28:1 MELITHNH or MELITINH, NH not enhanced
- 1424 B34 Dittography 1st enhanced Act: 28:8 ..SEUXAMENOS
- 1426 A 9/10 THS PISTEWS not enhanced
- 1442 C 10 Dittography 1st enhanced THN THN
- 1448 B 16-20 Dittography 2nd enhanced
- 1454 A 30 Dittography 2nd enhanced small sign ┴ or < in the margin
- 1453 B 2 ANAKREI looks not enhanced, evtl. wiped out or faded.
- 1472 C 7/8 Dittography 2nd enhanced PANTASTEGEI
- 1474 A 41 MOU not enhanced, (ADELFOI MOU)
- 1479 B 33-36 Dittography 2nd enhanced
- 1488 B 5/6 Dittography 2nd enhanced
- 1505 C 18 Dittography 1st enhanced
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