Uncial 0159

New Testament manuscripts
papyri • uncials • minuscules • lectionaries
Uncial 0159
Text Ephesians 4:21-24; 5:1-3
Date 6th century
Script Greek
Now at Qubbat al-Khazna
Size 24 x 17 cm
Type mixed
Category III

Uncial 0159 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 1040 (in the Soden numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated palaeographically to the 6th century.

Description

The codex contains a small part of the Epistle to the Ephesians 4:21-24; 5:1-3, on one parchment leaf (24 cm by 17 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 25 lines per page, in uncial letters. It is a palimpsest, the upper text is in Arabic, it contains the Gospel of Luke.[1]

The Greek text of this codex is mixed. Aland placed it in Category III.[1]

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 6th century.[2]

The codex formerly was held in Qubbat al-Khazna in Damascus. The present location of the codex is unknown. The manuscript currently is not accessible.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Aland, Kurt; Barbara Aland; Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1. 
  2. ^ a b "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php. Retrieved 21 April 2011.