Codex Floriacensis

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Codex Floriacensis, designated h in the traditional system or 55 in the Beuron system, is a 6th‑century Latin manuscript of the New Testament. It is a palimpsest written on vellum and is also called the Fleury Palimpsest. It is one of eight Old Latin manuscripts that contain the text of the Book of Revelation. The codex includes most of the New Testament but omits the four Gospels and the Pauline epistles, and many parts are missing. Of the original 193 leaves, only 33 have survived; each leaf is about 24 by 18 cm. The likely order of the surviving books is Revelation, Acts, 1–2 Peter, and 1 John. Its Latin text represents the Old Latin Afra recension and contains many scribal errors. The manuscript preserves portions such as Revelation 1:1–2:1; 8:7–9:12; 11:16–12:5; 12:6–14; 14:15–16:5; Acts 3:2–4:18; 5:23–7:2; 7:42–8:2; 9:4–23; 14:5–23; 17:34–18:19; 23:8–24; 26:2–27:13; 1 Peter 4:17–5:14; 2 Peter 1:1–2:6; 1 John 1:8–3:20, and it contains many scribal errors. Acts 28:1–13 is summarized in the text. There are only about ten textual differences with the Acts quoted in Cyprian’s Testimonia, and the manuscript shows some similarities with Codex Glazier. Gregory dated it to the 7th century, while Bruce M. Metzger favored the 5th century. The palimpsest’s upper text contains treatises by Boethius and Isidore of Seville. An inscription on folio 130 states it belonged in the 11th century to the Benedictine Abbey of Fleury on the Loire, giving rise to the name Fleury Palimpsest. The codex was studied by Tischendorf (Apocalypse), von Soden (Acts), and Buchanan (Apocalypse and Acts); Sabatier collated the first three pages, Belsheim published fragments in 1887, and Samuel Berger published a complete text in 1889. It is now kept at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris (Lat. 6400 G).