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The history of Codex argenteus
- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Uppsala University Library
- YEAR
- 2026
- PUBLISHER
- Uppsala University
- DOI
- Not recorded
- SOURCE TYPE
- manuscript catalog
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Is John 7:23 the first Gothic use of the verb?
Not established. The translation belongs to a fourth-century tradition, the surviving codex is early sixth century, and no complete lost-text or spoken-language archive exists.
Codex Argenteus translation and manuscript historySeparates the fourth-century translation from the early-sixth-century object.
Does the Codex Argenteus route map the spread of fijan?
No. Werden, Prague, Stockholm, Holland, and Uppsala trace custody of four inspected evidence objects long after Gothic ceased to be a living vernacular in those places.
Codex argenteus’ journeyDocuments the post-copying custody route.
Does the Codex Argenteus route map the geographic spread of fijands?
No. Werden, Prague, Stockholm, Holland, and Uppsala trace custody of evidence objects long after Gothic ceased to be a living vernacular in those places.
Codex argenteus’ journeyDocuments the post-copying custody route.
Does the Codex Argenteus route map the spread of hatan?
No. It maps custody of the two directly inspected evidence objects. The codex traveled through Werden, Prague, Stockholm, Holland, and Uppsala long after Gothic ceased to be a living vernacular in those places.
Codex argenteus’ journeyDocuments manuscript custody from Werden to Uppsala.
Does the Codex Argenteus custody route map the spread of hatis?
No. It maps the custody of the directly inspected evidence object. The manuscript traveled through Werden, Prague, Stockholm, Holland, and Uppsala long after Gothic ceased to be a living vernacular in those places; the other hatis tokens survive in separate witnesses.
Codex argenteus’ journeyDocuments the custody route from Werden to Uppsala.
Does the codex’s route from Ravenna to Uppsala map the spread of spoken Gothic?
No. It maps the custody of the evidence object. The manuscript traveled through Werden, Prague, Stockholm, Holland, and Uppsala long after Gothic ceased to be a living vernacular in those places.
Codex argenteus’ journeyDocuments manuscript custody from Werden to Uppsala.
Does the asterisk in Project Wulfila’s lemma *liufs mean Gothic itself is reconstructed?
No. Project Wulfila links the normalized lemma to 33 inflected occurrences in surviving Gothic manuscripts. The citation form is inferred, while the lexeme and its inflections are attested.
The four gospels in the Gothic languageConfirms that Gothic is preserved in an early-sixth-century manuscript of a fourth-century translation.
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Fourth-century Gothic translation tradition
Dates the translation tradition to the fourth century.
The four gospels in the Gothic language · broadRavenna
Places probable Codex Argenteus production in early-sixth-century Ravenna.
The four gospels in the Gothic language · regionalWerden, Ruhr district
Documents sixteenth-century custody in Werden.
Codex argenteus’ journey, Werden paragraph · approximatePrague
Documents imperial custody and the 1648 transfer.
Codex argenteus’ journey, Prague paragraph · regionalStockholm
Documents Swedish royal custody.
Codex argenteus’ journey, Stockholm paragraph · regionalHolland custody
Documents Vossius and De la Gardie’s custody stage.
Codex argenteus’ journey, Holland paragraph · broadUppsala University Library
Documents presentation to Uppsala University.
Codex argenteus’ journey, 1669 Uppsala presentation · regionalFourth-century Gothic translation tradition
Dates the Gothic translation tradition to the fourth century.
The four gospels in the Gothic language · broadRavenna
Places probable Codex Argenteus production in early-sixth-century Ravenna.
The four gospels in the Gothic language · regionalWerden, Ruhr district
Documents sixteenth-century custody in Werden.
Codex argenteus’ journey, Werden paragraph · approximatePrague
Documents imperial custody and the 1648 transfer.
Codex argenteus’ journey, Prague paragraph · regionalStockholm
Documents Swedish royal custody.
Codex argenteus’ journey, Stockholm paragraph · regionalHolland custody
Documents Vossius and De la Gardie’s custody stage.
Codex argenteus’ journey, Holland paragraph · broadUppsala University Library
Documents presentation to Uppsala University.
Codex argenteus’ journey, 1669 Uppsala presentation · regionalFourth-century Gothic translation tradition
Dates the translation tradition to the fourth century and distinguishes it from the surviving codex.
The four gospels in the Gothic language · broadRavenna
Places probable Codex Argenteus production in early-sixth-century Ravenna.
The four gospels in the Gothic language · regionalWerden, Ruhr district
Documents sixteenth-century custody in Werden.
Codex argenteus’ journey, Werden paragraph · approximatePrague
Documents imperial custody by 1600 and the 1648 transfer.
Codex argenteus’ journey, Prague paragraph · regionalStockholm
Documents arrival as Swedish spoil and Queen Christina’s custody.
Codex argenteus’ journey, Stockholm paragraph · regionalHolland custody
Documents Vossius taking the codex to Holland and De la Gardie’s acquisition.
Codex argenteus’ journey, Holland paragraph · broadUppsala University Library
Documents the manuscript’s presentation to Uppsala University.
Codex argenteus’ journey, 1669 Uppsala presentation · regionalFourth-century Gothic translation tradition
Dates the translation tradition to the fourth century and distinguishes it from surviving codices.
The four gospels in the Gothic language · broadRavenna
Places probable Codex Argenteus production in early-sixth-century Ravenna.
The four gospels in the Gothic language · regionalWerden, Ruhr district
Documents sixteenth-century custody in Werden.
Codex argenteus’ journey, Werden paragraph · approximatePrague
Documents imperial custody by 1600 and the 1648 transfer.
Codex argenteus’ journey, Prague paragraph · regionalStockholm
Documents arrival as Swedish spoil and Queen Christina’s custody.
Codex argenteus’ journey, Stockholm paragraph · regionalHolland custody
Documents Vossius taking the codex to Holland and De la Gardie’s acquisition.
Codex argenteus’ journey, Holland paragraph · broadUppsala University Library
Documents the manuscript’s presentation to Uppsala University.
Codex argenteus’ journey, 1669 Uppsala presentation · regionalRavenna
Places probable manuscript production in early-sixth-century Ravenna.
The four gospels in the Gothic language · regionalWerden, Ruhr district
Documents sixteenth-century custody in Werden.
Codex argenteus’ journey, Werden paragraph · approximatePrague
Documents imperial custody by 1600 and the 1648 transfer.
Codex argenteus’ journey, Prague paragraph · regionalStockholm
Documents arrival as Swedish spoil and Queen Christina’s custody.
Codex argenteus’ journey, Stockholm paragraph · regionalHolland custody
Documents Vossius taking the codex to Holland and De la Gardie’s acquisition.
Codex argenteus’ journey, Holland paragraph · broadUppsala University Library
Documents the manuscript’s presentation to Uppsala University.
Codex argenteus’ journey, 1669 Uppsala presentation · regionalFourth-century Gothic translation tradition
Dates the translation tradition to the fourth century and distinguishes it from the surviving codex.
The four gospels in the Gothic language · broadRavenna
Places probable manuscript production in early-sixth-century Ravenna.
The four gospels in the Gothic language · regionalWerden, Ruhr district
Documents sixteenth-century custody in Werden.
Codex argenteus’ journey, Werden paragraph · approximatePrague
Documents imperial custody by 1600 and the 1648 transfer.
Codex argenteus’ journey, Prague paragraph · regionalStockholm
Documents arrival as Swedish spoil and Queen Christina’s custody.
Codex argenteus’ journey, Stockholm paragraph · regionalHolland custody
Documents Vossius taking the codex to Holland and De la Gardie’s acquisition.
Codex argenteus’ journey, Holland paragraph · broadUppsala University Library
Documents the manuscript’s presentation to Uppsala University.
Codex argenteus’ journey, 1669 Uppsala presentation · regionalGothic biblical translation tradition
Dates the Gothic translation tradition to the fourth century.
The four gospels in the Gothic language: fourth-century translation · broadRavenna
Supports the manuscript’s approximate place and date.
The four gospels in the Gothic language: copied in Ravenna at the beginning of the sixth century · regionalNON-GENEALOGICAL CONNECTIONS
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