Codex Beratinus
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| Uncial 043 | |
| Name | Beratinus |
|---|---|
| Sign | Φ |
| Text | Gospel of Matthew, Gospel of Mark |
| Date | c. 550 |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | State Archive in Tirana |
| Size | 31 x 27cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
Codex Beratinus (Gregory-Aland no. Φ or 043) is a 6th century manuscript in an uncial hand on purple vellum. The Codex is preserved in State Archive Nr. 1 in Tirana. Formerly it was in the possession of the church of St. George at Berat in Albania, hence the name Codex Beratinus.
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[edit] Description
It contains only Gospel of Matthew and Gospel of Mark, with several considerable lacunae (Matt. 1:1-6:3, 7:26-8:7, 18:23-19:3, and Mark 14:62-end are lacking). The Codex contains 188 leaves (31 x 26 cm). The writing is continuous in full line without stichometry. Quotations from the Old Testament are marked with a inverted comma.
The text of the Codex is generally Byzantine text-type, but it contains the long Western addition after Matt. 20:28, already quoted as occurring in D. According to B. H. Streeter, the manuscript is a tertiary witness to the Caesarean text. Codex Beratinus, along with manuscripts N, O, and Σ, belongs to the group of the Purple Uncials. Aland placed all four manuscripts of the group (the Purple Uncials) in Category V, and it is certain that they are more Byzantine than anything else.
[edit] See also
- List of New Testament uncials
- Textual criticism
- Rossano Gospels
- Codex Sinopensis
- Codex Petropolitanus Purpureus
[edit] References
- W. H. P. Hatch, The Principal Uncial Manuscripts Of The New Testament, 1939, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
- Aland, Kurt and Barbara Aland, The Text Of The New Testament: An Introduction To The Critical Editions and To The Theory and Practice Of Modern Text Criticism, 1995, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Metzger, Bruce M., The Text Of The New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration, 1968 etc, Oxford University Press. pp. 59-60, etc.
[edit] External links
- Codex Beratinus ɸ (043): at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism.
- A Codex Purpureus Beratinus a UNESCO honlapján
- Kodikët e Shqipërisë (’Albániai kódexek’)
[edit] For further readings
- J. Koder, Zur Wiederentdeckung zweier Codices Beratini, Byz Z 65 (1972), 327-328.
