Victor Gardthausen

Victor Emil Gardthausen (26 August 1843 – 27 December 1925) was a German ancient historian, palaeographer, librarian, and Professor from Leipzig University. He was author and co-author of some books; editor of ancient texts.[1]

Life

Gardthausen was born in August 26, 1843 at Copenhagen.[1]

Between 1865 to 1869 Gardthausen studied philology in Kiel and Bonn. In Kiel Alfred von Gutschmid was his professor.[1] After the Franco-Prussian War he was sent to Italy and Greece for palaeographical research. In 1873 he started work at the Leipziger Stadtbibliothek and from 1875 at the Leipzig University Library.[1] From 1877 he was an extraordinary professor for ancient history. In 1887/1888 he was active again as a university librarian, becoming the main librarian in 1901. In 1907 he left the library service.

Gardthausen died on December 27, 1925 in Leipzig.[1]

He examined Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Boernerianus, Uspenski Gospels, manuscripts housed in the monastery on Sinai many other. According to him, Codex Sinaiticus was written in Alexandria[2] and is younger than Codex Vaticanus at least 50 years.[3] According to him, the Uspenski Gospels were seen by Johann Martin Augustin Scholz when he visited Mar Saba.[4] Gardthausen dated Codex Boernerianus to the 850-900 A.D. The evidence for this date includes the style of the script, the smaller uncial letters in Greek, the Latin interlinear written in Anglo-Saxon minuscule and the separation of words.[5] He investigated the nomina sacra.[6] Gardthausen stated: "Ist die Handschrift gefunden, so orientiert man durch eine detaillierte Beschreibung, die im Verlaufe der Arbeit durch Beispiele vervollständigt wird" (Any intensive study of a manuscript begins with a detailed description, which in the course of its study is completed through illustration).[7] The main work of Gardthausen is "Griechische Paläographie" (Greek palaeography), the first edition appeared in 1879, the second in 1911/1913. It was the most important work since time of Bernard de Montfaucon.[8] It remains a standard work until to the present day.[9]

Works

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Gerhard Baader (1964), "Gardthausen, Victor Emil", Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB) (in German) 6, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 71–72
  2. ↑ Metzger, Bruce M. (1991). Manuscripts of the Greek Bible: An Introduction to Palaeography. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-19-502924-6.
  3. ↑ Victor Gardthausen, Griechische Paleographie, 2 vol., Leipzig, 1913, p. 124–125.
  4. ↑ Victor Gardthausen, Beiträge zur griechischen Paläographie (1877), p. 184
  5. ↑ Victor Gardthausen, Griechische Paläographie. Leipzig 1879. p. 271, 428 and 166; see also. H. Marsh, Comments. . to J. D. Michaelis' Introduction. I. p. 263
  6. ↑ Victor Gardthausen, Griechische paleographie, 2 vol., Leipzig, 1913, p. 325–327.
  7. ↑ David C. Parker, An Introduction to the NT Manuscripts and Their Texts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, p. 91.
  8. ↑ W. Wattenbach, Anleitung zur griechischen Palaeographie (Leipzig 1895), p. 4.
  9. ↑ Metzger, Bruce M.; Ehrman, Bart D. (2005). The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration. New York – Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-19-516122-9.

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