Oriental MS 425, is a bilinguical Bohairic-Arabic, uncial manuscript of the New Testament, on paper, now in the British Library in London. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1308. The manuscript is lacunose.
Description It contains the text of the four Gospels on 164 paper leaves (25.4 by 18.5 cm) with a large lacunae (Luke, John 1:1-19:6; 20:13-21:13). The text is written in two columns per page, 33 lines per page. It contains the Eusebian tables, tables of the , numerals of the are given in Coptic and Greek, the Ammonian Sections, a references to the Eusebian Canons, and pictures.
It lacks text of Matthew 18:11.
History
The manuscript was written by Joannes, a scribe.Constantin von Tischendorf, Editio Octava maiora, vol. III, p. 870.
The manuscript was purchased by Archdeacon Henry Tattam's sale. The manuscript was examined by Lightfoot and Arthur Headlam.
Horner saw the manuscript in 1892. He used it in his edition of the Bohairic New Testament as a basis for the text of the Gospels.George Horner, The Coptic Version of the New Testament in the Northern Dialect, otherwise called Memphitic and Bohairic, 4 vols. (1898-1905; repr. Osnabrück: 1969).
See also
List of the Coptic New Testament manuscripts Coptic versions of the Bible Biblical manuscript Codex Marshall Or. 99 Oriental MS 426
References
Further reading George Horner, The Coptic Version of the New Testament in the Northern Dialect, otherwise called Memphitic and Bohairic, 1 vol. (1898), pp. XCVIII-CI