Carl Gottfried Woide
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Carl Gottfried Woide (1725–1790), also known in England as Charles Godfrey Woide, was an Orientalist.
Born to a German family in the Polish city of Leszno
, he was a pastor of the Reformed church there till 1768. Woide lived in Britain from 1768 to 1790 and worked in the British Museum
as a librarian. He was one of the first scholars to work on the Egyptian Sahidic
texts. He examined the Codex Alexandrinus
and published text of the New Testament
from this codex in 1786. He owned a few pages from Uncial 070
(known as Fragmentum Woideanum).
He was elected in 1785 as a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Born to a German family in the Polish city of Leszno
Leszno
Leszno is a town in central Poland with 63,955 inhabitants . Situated in the southern part of the Greater Poland Voivodeship since 1999, it was previously the capital of the Leszno Voivodeship . The town has county status.-History:...
, he was a pastor of the Reformed church there till 1768. Woide lived in Britain from 1768 to 1790 and worked in the British Museum
British Museum
The British Museum is a museum of human history and culture in London. Its collections, which number more than seven million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its...
as a librarian. He was one of the first scholars to work on the Egyptian Sahidic
Coptic language
Coptic or Coptic Egyptian is the current stage of the Egyptian language, a northern Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Egypt until at least the 17th century. Egyptian began to be written using the Greek alphabet in the 1st century...
texts. He examined the Codex Alexandrinus
Codex Alexandrinus
The Codex Alexandrinus is a 5th century manuscript of the Greek Bible,The Greek Bible in this context refers to the Bible used by Greek-speaking Christians who lived in Egypt and elsewhere during the early history of Christianity...
and published text of the New Testament
New Testament
The New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....
from this codex in 1786. He owned a few pages from Uncial 070
Uncial 070
Uncial 070 , ε 6 , is a Greek-Coptic diglot uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 6th century....
(known as Fragmentum Woideanum).
He was elected in 1785 as a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Works
- Lexicon Ægyptiaco-Latinum, 1775.
- Grammatica aegyptiaca utriusque dialecti (1778)
- Novum Testamentum Graecum e codice ms. alexandrino, London 1786.
- Appendix ad editionem Novi Testamenti graeci… in qua continentur fragmenta Novi Testamenti juxta interpretationem dialecti superioris Aegypti quae thebaica vel sahidica appellatur, Oxford 1799.
External links
- Linnean Correspondence Karl Gottfried Woide to Carl Linnaeus (27 June 1775)
- Normdaten - PND: 120403099