Codex Porphyrianus
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| Uncial 025 | |
| Name | Porphyrianus |
|---|---|
| Sign | Papr |
| Text | Acts, CE, Paul, Rev |
| Date | 9th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Russian National Library |
| Size | 16 x 13 cm |
| Type | Alexandrian, and Byzantine text-type |
| Category | III, V |
Codex Porphyrianus (Gregory-Aland no. Papr or 025) is a Greek uncial manuscript of the Acts of Apostles, Pauline epistles, and Catholic epistles, with some lacunae, dated paleographically to the 9th century. It is one of a few uncial manuscripts that include the Book of Revelation. The codex contains 327 leaves (16 cm by 13 cm), written in one column per page. It is palimpsest, the upper text is the minuscule 1834, dated 1301 (Euthalius). Codex is located in Saint Petersburg, Russian National Library, (Gr. 225).
The Greek text of Paul and Catholic is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type with a large number of an alien readings. It is only a tertiary witness of the Alexandrian text. Aland placed it in Category III. Text of Acts and Revelation has a typical Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.
[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.
[edit] External links
- Codex Porphyrianus Papr (025): at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism.
