Codex Curiensis

{{Short description|New Testament manuscript}}

The Codex Curiensis known also as Fragmenta Curiensia, designated by a² or 16 (in Beuron system), is a 5th-century AD Latin manuscript of the New Testament. The text, written on vellum, is a version of the old Latin. The manuscript contains the fragments of the Gospel of Luke, on exactly two parchment leaves.Bruce M. Metzger, The Early Versions of the New Testament, Oxford University Press, 1977, p. 296.

It contains a fragments of the Gospel of Luke 11:11-29; 13:16-34. Pierre Batiffol was the first to suggest that these fragments belong to the same manuscript. They were first discovered by Hidber, professor of Berne, then described by E. Ranke.{{Cite book

| last = Scrivener

| first = Frederick Henry Ambrose

| authorlink = Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener

|author2=Edward Miller

| title = A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. 2

| publisher = George Bell & Sons

| year = 1894

| location = London

| edition = 4

| page = 51

| url =

| isbn =

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The Latin text of the codex is a representative of the Western text-type in itala recension.{{Cite book

| last = Gregory

| first = Caspar René

| authorlink = Caspar René Gregory

| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 2

| publisher =

| year = 1902

| location = Leipzig

| page = 599

| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne01greggoog#page/n131/mode/2up

| isbn = 1-4021-6347-9

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Currently it is housed at the Rhätisches Museum (Clm 6436) in Chur.