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leon1 - Lemovicensis - pro
leon 2 - margin
leon 2 - margin
León, Archivo Catedralicio Ms. 15 (first copied circa. 7th century and palimpsested 10th century C.E.) is likewise damaged, and similarly may have only read "SPS" ("Spiritus" abbreviated) instead of "SPS SCS" ("Spiritus Sanctus" abbreviated) as well as "XPS est veritas" in verse 6 (see previous post over on Syriac thread). Note [ ] bracketed text in the printed references to these verses in this manuscript.
Here’s the next oldest occurrence of the CJ in any Bible MS:
León, Archivo Catedralicio Ms. 15 (first copied circa. 7th century and palimpsested 10th century C.E.) Vetus Latina and Vulgate mixed text. Copied in the seventh century, possibly in Toledo. Palimpsested in the tenth century with Rufinus’ translation of Eusebius’ Historia ecclesiastica in Visigothic minuscule. Spanish half-uncial script.
“Quoniam] tres sunt qui t[estimonium dant in terra] spiritus et [aqua et sanguis, et tres sunt] qui tes[timonium dicunt in cælo, pa]ter [et uerbum et spiritus sanctus et hi tres unum] sunt [in Christo Ιhesu].
The first extant bibles containing the Johannine comma are Latin manuscripts copied in Spain during the seventh century: some fragments in Munich (BSB Clm 6436, the ‘Freising fragments’ = Vetus Latina 64) and a palimpsest in Leon (Archivo catedralicio ms 15 = Vetus Latina 67). These two fragmentary sources are closely related, and represent — at least in the Catholic Epistles — a Vetus Latina text resembling that used in the Spanish liturgy.7
7 De Bruyne 1921, 67; Ayuso 1947-1948, 57; Fischer 1985, 70, 77-78; Grson 1999-2004, 1:98-99.
De Bruyne, Donatien. Les Fragments de Freising (épître de S. Paul et épître catholiques). Rome: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 1921.
Ayuso Marazuela, Teófilo. ‘Nuevo estudio sobre el Comma Johanneum.’ Biblica 28 (1947): 83-112, 216-235; 29 (1948): 52-76.
Fischer, Bonifatius. Lateinische Bibelhandschriften im frühen Mittelalter. Freiburg: Flerder, 1985.
Gryson, Roger. Altlateinische Handschriften. 2 vols. Freiburg: Flerder, 1999—2004.