The Codex Curiensis known also as Fragmenta Curiensia, designated by a² or 16 (in Beuron system), is a 6th or 7th century AD Latin

Latin

Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...

 manuscript 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....

. The text, written on vellum

Vellum

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, is a version of the old Latin

Vetus Latina

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. The manuscript contains the fragments of the Gospel of Luke

Gospel of Luke

The Gospel According to Luke , commonly shortened to the Gospel of Luke or simply Luke, is the third and longest of the four canonical Gospels. This synoptic gospel is an account of the life and ministry of Jesus of Nazareth. It details his story from the events of his birth to his Ascension.The...

, on exactly two parchment leaves.

It contains a fragments of the Gospel of Luke 11:11-29; 13:16-34. Pierre Batiffol

Pierre Batiffol

Pierre Batiffol was a prominent French catholic priest and Church historian, known particularly as a historian of dogma....

 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.

The Latin text of the codex is a representative of the Western text-type

Western text-type

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 in itala recension.

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

Chur

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Further reading

• Irico, Sacrosanctus evangeliorum codex s. Eusebii Magni, Mailand 1748.
• Giuseppe Bianchini
  Giuseppe Bianchini
  Giuseppe Bianchini was an Italian Oratorian, biblical, historical, and liturgical scholar. Clement XII and Benedict XIV, who highly appreciated his learning, entrusted him with several scientific labors...
  
  , Evangeliarium quadruplex Rom 1749.
• Ranke, Ein kleiner Italafund, Theol. Stud. und Kritiken, Gotha 1872, p. 505-520.
• Pierre Batiffol
  Pierre Batiffol
  Pierre Batiffol was a prominent French catholic priest and Church historian, known particularly as a historian of dogma....
  
  , Note sur un evangeliare de Saint-Gall, Paris 1884.
• A. Jülicher, Itala. Das Neue Testament in Altlateinischer Überlieferung, Walter de Gruyter
  Walter de Gruyter
  Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG is a scholarly publishing house specializing in academic literature. Its origins date back to 1749 when it was given the right to print books by King Frederick II of Prussia. -De Gruyter Mouton:...
  
  , Berlin, New York, 1976.