Codex Coislinianus

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New Testament manuscripts
papyriuncialsminuscules
Uncial 015
Name Coislinianus
Sign Hp
Text Pauline epistles
Date 6th century
Script Greek
Now at Paris, Athos, and others
Size 30 x 25 cm
Type Alexandrian text-type
Category III

Codex Coislinianus (Gregory-Aland no. Hp or 015) is a Greek uncial manuscript of the Pauline epistles, dated paleographically to the 6th century. The codex contains 41 leaves (30 cm by 25 cm). All books belonged to the Pauline epistles survived only in fragments, Romans, Philippians, Ephesians lost at all. The codex is located, in Paris, Athos (Great Lavra), Kiev, Saint Petersburg, Moscow, and Turin.

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type, but with a big number of byzantine readings. Aland placed it in Category III.

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  • Kurt Aland, 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.
  • Bruce M. Metzger, The Text Of The New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration, 1968 etc, Oxford University Press.

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