The Codex Speculum also called the Speculum Ps-Augustine or the Liber de diuinis scripturis, designated by m, is a 5th-century Latin manuscript collection of passages of florilegia from the New Testament arranged thematically under 144 headings.1 The text, written on vellum, is a version of the old Latin. The manuscript contains passages from all the books of the New Testament except 3 John, Hebrews, and Philemon on 154 parchment leaves.2 It also has a citation from the Epistle to the Laodiceans.3 This text should not be confused with the other, later Speculum attributed to Augustine: Speculum quis ignorat.45
The Latin text of the codex is a representative of the Western text-type in itala recension.6
The text of the manuscript was published by Cardinal Mai in 1843.36
Currently it is housed at the Saint Cross monastery (Sessorianus) in Rome.2
Notes
Notes
- Houghton 2016, p. 39
- Metzger 1977, p. 299
- Scrivener 2010, p. 48
- Houghton 2016, p. 38
- Marsden 1995, p. 11
- Gregory 1902, p. 606
References
References
- Gregory, Caspar (1902), Textkritik des Neuen Testaments: III Übersetzungen. IV. Kirchliche schriftsteller. B. Kritik. I Geschichte der kritik [Textual Criticism of the New Testament] (in German), vol. 2, Zentralantiquariat: J.C. Hinrichs, OCLC 780539036, retrieved 2012-11-27
- Metzger, Bruce (1977), The Early Versions of the New Testament: Their Origin, Transmission, and Limitations, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-826170-4, retrieved 2012-11-27
- Scrivener, Frederick (1 October 2010), A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Volumes I and II, Gardners Books, ISBN 978-1-84902-625-3, retrieved 2012-11-27
- Houghton, H. A. G. (2016), The Latin New Testament: A Guide to its Early History, Texts, and Manuscripts (PDF), Oxford University Press, retrieved 2026-03-30
- Marsden, Richard (1995), The Text of the Old Testament in Anglo-Saxon England, Cambridge University Press, retrieved 2026-03-30