Used in textual criticism to denote Codex Vaticanus, a 4th-cent. parchment MS of the Greek OT and most of the NT, kept in the Vatican library since 1475 CE.
Citation for B
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"B." In A Dictionary of the Bible. Ed. W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online. May 24, 2013. <http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e197>.
Chicago
"B." In A Dictionary of the Bible. , edited by W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online, http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e197 (accessed May 24, 2013).