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Uppsala: Codex Argenteus (Carolina Rediviva)
Uppsala University Library, Carolina Rediviva, Sweden · North & Northeast Europe
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Attested. Attested by the manuscript and the library's records. The Ravenna/Theoderic origin is probable, not certain.
The Codex Argenteus ('Silver Bible') is a 6th-century purple manuscript of the Gothic Gospels in Ulfilas's translation. It was probably made in Ravenna for the Ostrogothic court of Theoderic. It reached Uppsala in 1669, and 187 of at least 336 leaves survive there. It is the main source for the Gothic language.
Source stance: neutral. Manuscript and institutional record.
People and groups named here
- Ulfilas (translator)
- Theoderic the Great (probable patron)
- Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie (donor, 1669)
Sources
- Codex argenteus
Uppsala University Library. Accessed 2026-11-11.
- The history of Codex argenteus
Uppsala University Library. Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Codex Argenteus (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors. Accessed 2026-11-11.
Further reading
Councils here
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