Codex Petropolitanus Purpureus
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| Uncial 022 | |
| Name | Petropolitanus Purpureus |
|---|---|
| Sign | N |
| Text | Gospels |
| Date | c. 550 |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Petersburg |
| Size | 32 x 27 cm |
| Type | Byzantine |
| Category | V |
Codex Petropolitanus Purpureus (Gregory-Aland no. N or 022) is a 6th century Greek New Testament codex gospel book. The manuscript text is in two columns in majuscules (capital letters), measuring 32 x 27 cm. The lettering is in silver ink on vellum dyed purple, with gold ink for nomina sacra. Probably the manuscript originated in Constantinople and was dismembered by crusaders in the 12th century. In 1896 the Russian government bought the greater part of it. The text is of the Byzantine text-type in a very early stage, but in some parts Caesarean redings. The 231 extant folios of the manuscript are kept in different libraries: 192 leaves in St. Petersburg, Russia, 33 leaves on the Isle of Patmos, Greece, the rest in London, New York, Rome, Vienna, and Athens and Lerma, Greece.
Codex Petropolitanus Purpureus, along with manuscripts Φ, O, and Σ, belongs to the group of the Purple Uncials.
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category V. A facsimile was published 2002 in Athens.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- 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, pp. 54-55.
[edit] External links
- Manuscript N (022) at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism
