| Uncial 081 | |
|---|---|
| Name | Tischendorfianus II |
| Text | 2 Cor 1:20-2:12 |
| Date | 6th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | 1859, Tischendorf |
| Now at | Russian National Library |
| Size | 28 x 23 cm |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | II |
| Hand | elegantly written |
Codex Tischendorfianus II – designated by Uncial 081 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) α 1023 (Soden),[1] – is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 6th century.
Contents |
The codex contains a small part of the Second Epistle to the Corinthians 1:20-2:12 on 2 parchment leaves (28 centimetres (11 in) by 23 centimetres (9.1 in)). The text is written in two columns per page, 18 lines per page,[2] in a large uncial letters.[3] It is elegantly written, without breathings and accents.[4] It uses diaeresis (Ϊ and Ϋ).[3]
This manuscript was a part the same codex to which Uncial 0285 belonged.
The Greek text of this codex was influenced by the Alexandrian text-type with some alien readings. Aland placed it in Category II.[2]
In 2 Corinthians 2:2 it contains reading και τις εστιν (as א2 D F G Ψ) for και τις (as א* A B C 81).[5]
Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 6th century.[2][6]
Tischendorf brought this codex from the East to Petersburg in 1859.[3] Tischendorf briefly described it in Notitia editionis codicis Bibliorum Sinaitici (Leipzig, 1860).[7] It was examined by Eduard de Muralt.[8] It was examined by Kurt Treu and P. Orsini.
The codex now is located at the Russian National Library (Gr. 9) in Saint Petersburg.[2]