Codex Monacensis

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New Testament manuscripts
papyriuncialsminuscules
Uncial 033
Name Monacensis
Sign X
Text Gospels
Date 9th/10th century
Script Greek
Now at Munich University Library
Size 37.5 x 25.5 cm
Type Byzantine text-type
Category V

Codex Monacensis (Gregory-Aland no. X or 033) is a Greek uncial manuscript of the Gospels, dated paleographically to the 9th or 10th century. The codex contains portions of the four Gospels on 160 leaves (37.5 cm by 25.5 cm) in the Western order Matthew, John, Luke, and Mark. The codex is in a fragmentary condition. Written in two columns per page, 45 lines per page, by "very elegant" hand. The text of the Gospels is with commentary (except Mark), the commentary is written in minuscules.

The codex arrived to Munich in 1827, now is located in the Munich University Library (fol. 30) in Munich.

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type, with an occasional readings seemed to be an Alexandrian. Aland placed it in Category V.

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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, Oxford University Press, 1968.

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