Editing Codex Argenteus (section)

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{{Short description|6th-century Gothic bible manuscript}}
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[[File:Wulfila_bibel.jpg|thumb|A facsimile of the {{lang|la|Codex argenteus}}]]
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The '''{{lang|la|Codex argenteus}}''' ([[Latin]] for "Silver Book/Codex") is a [[6th century|6th-century]] [[illuminated manuscript]], originally containing [[Gospel#Canonical gospels|part]] of the [[Gothic Bible|4th-century translation of the Christian Bible]] into the [[Gothic language]]. Traditionally ascribed to the [[Arianism|Arian bishop]] [[Ulfilas|Wulfila]], it is now established that the Gothic translation was performed by several scholars, possibly under Wulfila's supervision.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ratkus|first1=Artūras|title=Greek ἀρχιερεύς in Gothic translation: Linguistics and theology at a crossroads|journal=NOWELE|date=2018|volume=71|issue=1|pages=3–34|doi=10.1075/nowele.00002.rat|url=https://benjamins.com/#catalog/journals/nowele.00002.rat/details|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Of the original 336 [[folio|folios]], 188&mdash;including the Speyer fragment discovered in 1970&mdash;have been preserved, containing the translation of the greater part of the four [[canonical gospels]]. A part of it is on permanent display at the [[Carolina Rediviva]] building in [[Uppsala]], [[Sweden]], under the name '''"Silverbibeln"''' (i.e. "The Silver Bible").<ref>{{cite book |first=Bruce M. |last=Metzger |author-link=Bruce M. Metzger |title=The Early Versions of the New Testament |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1977 |page=378}}</ref> Since 2011, the ''Codex Argenteus'' has been included in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register.