Codex Regius

Majuscule · L 019 · 8th century

An 8th-century book of the Gospels, named Regius for the French royal library it belonged to. Its scribe made many slips, but its text often agrees with Codex Vaticanus’s. At the end of Mark it gives two endings, a short one and then verses 9–20, each with a note.

Contents

The four Gospels, with some gaps.

Where It Is Kept

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (Gr. 62).

Cited For

Majuscules (or uncials) are written in capital letters, usually on parchment, from the 4th century to the 10th. Each has a number beginning with 0, and the best known also a letter: A 02, B 03.