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Wednesday, March 05, 2025

The Pauline Subscriptions in Vaticanus

Below are the subscriptions to Paul’s epistles as found in Codex Vaticanus. I have looked previously at these notes as they appear in some manuscripts, the Textus Receptus, and traditional-text English translations, such as the Geneva and King James Bibles.

Be aware:

  1. Codex Vaticanus does not have the epistles to Timothy, Titus, and Philemon, neither the end of Hebrews. Therefore, there are no subscriptions for these.
  2. The information reflects my attempt to (1) slog through the Majuscule writing (all caps all jammed together), and (2) translate what I thought I saw. They may need to be taken with a grain of salt!
  3. I did not readily find a list of these subscriptions re Vaticanus, so I looked at the manuscript on the Vatican Library (DigiVatLib) website. Better transcriptions and translations may exist elsewhere.
  4. The general consensus is that the subscriptions are not original, but added by a later scribe.

The Vaticanus Subscriptions of the Epistles of Paul.

  • Romans - Unto the Romans written from Corinth
  • 1 Corinthians - Unto the Corinthians (first) written from Ephesus
  • 2 Corinthians - Unto the Corinthians (second) written from Philippi
  • Galatians - Unto the Galatians written from Rome
  • Ephesians - Unto the Ephesians written from Rome
  • Philippians - Unto the Philippians written from Rome
  • Colossians - Unto the Colossians written from Rome
  • 1 Thessalonians - Unto the Thessalonians (first) written from Athens
  • 2 Thessalonians - Unto the Thessalonians (second) written from Athens

Subscription from 1 Corinthians in Vaticanus
Subscription from 1 Corinthians in the 1519 Erasmus TR

[Note: this is not a recommendation of Vaticanus or its subscriptions. This is a matter of research and comparison.]

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