Uncial 085
Uncial 085 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 23 (Soden), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated palaeographically to the 6th century.[1]
New Testament manuscript | |
Text | Gospel of Matthew 20:3-32; 22:3-16 |
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Date | 6th century |
Script | Greek |
Now at | Russian National Library |
Size | 24 x 21 cm |
Type | Alexandrian text-type |
Category | II |
Description
The codex contains two small parts of the Gospel of Matthew 20:3-32; 22:3-16 on 3 parchment leaves (24 cm by 21 cm). Written in two columns per page, 27 lines per page (size of text 17 by 13.5 cm).[1][2]
The letters are similar to Coptic. The pages are numbered in the same way as Coptic manuscripts.[2]
Text
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type with some alien readings. According to some authorities the text has mixed character. Kurt Aland placed it in Category II.[1]
Matthew 20:23
History
It is dated by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research to the 6th century.[1][4] The manuscript was written in a Coptic monastery.[2]
The codex used to be in Cairo. It is now located at the Russian National Library (Gr. 714) in Saint Petersburg.[1]
References
- Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 68.
- NA26, p. 56.
- "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
Further reading
- Kurt Treu, Die Griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments in der USSR; eine systematische Auswertung des Texthandschriften in Leningrad, Moskau, Kiev, Odessa, Tbilisi und Erevan, T & U 91 (Berlin: 1966), pp. 192–193.
External links
- Uncial 085 at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism
- Uncial 085 at the Wieland Willker, "Textual Commentary"