The Codex Vaticanus is a manuscript of the Greek Bible, containing the majority of the Greek Old Testament and the majority of the New Testament. It is designated by the siglum B or 03 in the Gregory-
Page from Codex Vaticanus; ending of 2 Thes and beginning of Heb
Ending of Luke and Beginning of John on the same page
A section of the codex containing 1 Esdras 2:1–8
The end of Mark in Vaticanus contains an empty column after Verse 16:8, possibly suggesting that the scribe was aware of the missing ending. It is the only empty New Testament column in the Codex.
The great uncial codices or four great uncials are the only remaining uncial codices that contain the entire text of the Bible in Greek. They are the Codex Vaticanus in the Vatican Library, the Codex
Codex Vaticanus
…in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts, and as δ 1 in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts. It is one of the four great uncial codices. Along with Codex Alexandrinus and Codex Sinaiticus, it is one of the earliest and most complete manuscripts of the Bible. Using the study of comparative…
Page from Codex Sinaiticus with text of Matthew 6:4–32
Alexandrinus – Table of κεφάλαια (table of contents) to the Gospel of Mark