Codex Cyprius

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New Testament manuscripts
papyriuncialsminuscules
Uncial 017
Name Cyprius
Sign Ke
Text Gospels
Date 9th century
Script Greek
Now at National Library of France
Size 26 x 19 cm
Type Byzantine text-type
Category V

Codex Cyprius (Gregory-Aland no. Ke or 017) is a Greek uncial manuscript of the Gospels, dated paleographically to the 9th century. The codex contains a complete text of the Gospels on 267 leaves (26 cm by 19 cm). It was written one column per page. The codex was taken to Paris from Cyprus in 1673, now is located in National Library of France (Gr. 63) in Paris. The Eusebian Canons are absent.

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V. The text of the codex is cited in NA27.

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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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