The Claromontanus, also known as Dp or 06, is a bilingual Greek-Latin manuscript of the sixth century. Here are some key facts about it:
History
Date: Around AD 550.
Discovery: It is named after Theodore Beza, who bought it in a monastery at Clermont-en-Beauvaisis in the Oise.
Current owner: It is currently held in the National Library of France in Paris.
Composition
Text: It contains the epistles of Paul as well as a stichometric catalogue of the Old and New Testaments.
Format: It is made up of 533 folios (24.5 x 19.5 cm).
Language: The text is written in Greek and in Latin on facing pages, which makes it a diglot manuscript. (A diglot manuscript is a document or text written in two different languages, usually arranged in parallel columns or on facing pages).
Importance
Text: It belongs to the Western text, which means that it is very close to the original versions of the Scriptures.
Condition: It is one of the few manuscripts to have been preserved in its entirety.
Study: It is of crucial importance for textual criticism and the history of the biblical texts.
The Claromontanus is a precious witness to the history of the biblical text and the transmission of the Scriptures down the centuries.