Editing Codex Vaticanus (section)

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[[File:Codex Vaticanus (1 Esdras 1-55 to 2-5) (The S.S. Teacher's Edition-The Holy Bible).jpg|thumb|right|A section of the codex containing [[1 Esdras]] 2:1–8]]
The codex originally contained a virtually complete copy of the Greek Old Testament (known as the [[Septuagint]] / LXX), lacking only 1-4 [[Maccabees]] and the [[Prayer of Manasseh]]. The original 20 leaves containing [[Book of Genesis|Genesis]] 1:1–46:28a (31 leaves) and [[Psalms|Psalm]] 105:27–137:6b have been lost. These were replaced by pages transcribed by a later [[scribe|hand]] in the 15th century.<ref>{{cite book | first=Ernst | last=Würthwein | title=Der Text des Alten Testaments | page=84 | year=1988 | publisher=[[Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft]] | location=Stuttgart | isbn=3-438-06006-X }}</ref> [[2 Kings]] 2:5–7, 10–13 are also lost due to a tear to one of the pages.{{sfn|Swete|1902|p=104]}} The order of the Old Testament books in the codex is as follows: Genesis to [[2 Chronicles]] as normal; [[1 Esdras]]; [[Book of Ezra|2 Esdras]] ([[Ezra–Nehemiah]]); the [[Psalms]]; [[Book of Proverbs|Proverbs]]; [[Ecclesiastes]]; [[Song of Songs]]; [[Book of Job|Job]]; [[Book of Wisdom|Wisdom]]; [[Ben Sira|Ecclesiasticus]]; [[Book of Esther|Esther]]; [[Book of Judith|Judith]]; [[Book of Tobit|Tobit]]; the minor prophets from [[Hosea]] to [[Malachi]] (but in the order: Hosea, Amos, Micah, Joel, Obadiah, Jonah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi); [[Book of Isaiah|Isaiah]]; [[Book of Jeremiah|Jeremiah]]; [[Book of Baruch|Baruch]]; [[Book of Lamentations|Lamentations]] and the [[Epistle of Jeremiah]]; [[Book of Ezekiel|Ezekiel]] and [[Book of Daniel|Daniel]]. This order differs from that followed in [[Codex Alexandrinus]].{{sfn|Swete|1902|p=105}}

The extant [[New Testament]] portion contains the [[Gospel]]s, [[Acts of the Apostles|Acts]], the [[general epistles]], the [[Pauline epistles]], and the [[Epistle to the Hebrews]] (up to Hebrews 9:14, καθα[ριει); it is lacking [[1 Timothy|1]] and [[2 Timothy]], [[Epistle to Titus|Titus]], [[Epistle to Philemon|Philemon]], and [[Book of Revelation|Revelation]]. The missing part of Hebrews and Revelation were supplemented by a 15th-century minuscule hand (folios 760–768), and are catalogued separately as minuscule 1957.{{r|Aland}} It is possible some apocryphal books from the New Testament were included at the end (as in codices [[Codex Sinaiticus|Sinaiticus]] and [[Codex Alexandrinus|Alexandrinus]]).{{r|Aland}} It is also possible that [[Book of Revelation|Revelation]] was not included.<ref>{{Cite book | first=Alexander | last=Souter | author-link=Alexander Souter | title=The Text and the Canon of the New Testament | page=20 | year=1913 | publisher=Duckworth & Co. | location=London | url=https://archive.org/stream/thetextandcanon00soutuoft#page/20/mode/2up}}</ref><ref name="Waltz">{{Cite book | first=Robert | last=Waltz | title=Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism | url=http://www.skypoint.com/members/waltzmn/ManuscriptsUncials.html#uB }}</ref>