The codex contains 136 parchment leaves, with some gaps in the Greek. Hebrews is given in Latin only. It is written in two columns per page, 28 lines per page.
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The Greektext of this codex is a representative of the Western text-type. According to Kurt and Barbara Aland it agrees with the Byzantine standard text 43 times, and 11 times with the Byzantine when it has the same reading as the original text. It agrees 89 times with the original text against the Byzantine. It has 70 independent or distinctive readings. Alands placed it in Category II.
In Romans 12:11 it reads καιρω for κυριω, the reading of the manuscript is supported by Codex Claromontanus*, Codex Boernerianus5 it d,g, Origenlat. In 1 Corinthians 2:4 the Latin text supports reading πειθοι σοφιας, as 35 and Codex Boernerianus. In 1 Corinthians 7:5 it reads τη προσευχη along with 11, 46, א*, A, B, C, D, G, P, Ψ, 6, 33, 81, 104, 181, 629, 630, 1739, 1877, 1881, 1962, it vg, cop, arm, eth. Other manuscripts read τη νηστεια και τη προσευχη or τη προσευχη και νηστεια – 330, 451, John of Damascus. The section 1 Cor 14:34-35 is placed after 1 Cor 14:40, like other manuscripts of the Western text-type.
Relationship to Codex Boernerianus
The Greek text of both manuscripts is almost the same; the Latin text differs. Also lacunae omissions are paralleled to the sister manuscript Codex Boernerianus. According to Griesbach Augiensis was recopied from Boernerianus. According to Tischendorf two codices were recopied from the same manuscript. Scrivener enumerated 1982 differences between these two codices. Among textual scholars, there is a tendency to prefer Augiensis above Boernerianus. The codex is also similar to Codex Claromontanus, and again scholars favour the readings in Augiensis above those in Claromontanus.
History
Codex Augiensis is named after the monastery of Augia Dives in Lake Constance. In 1718 Richard Bentley was its owner. The Greek text of the codex was edited by Scrivener in 1859. It was examined, described and collated by Tischendorf. E. M. Thompson edited a facsimile. The codex today is located in the library of Trinity College in Cambridge.
