Uncial 0161

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Uncial 0161
Text Matthew 22:7-46
Date 8th century
Script Greek
Now at National Library of Greece
Size 22 x 16 cm
Type mixed
Category III

Uncial 0161 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 019 (von Soden), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 8th century.[1]

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Description

The codex contains a small part of the Gospel of Matthew 22:7-46, on one parchment leaf (22 cm by 16 cm). It is written in two columns per page, 37 lines per page, in small uncial letters. It is a palimpsest, the upper text contains Greek notes, bound with the minuscule codex 1419.[1]

The Greek text of this codex is mixed, but with strong the Byzantine element. Aland placed it in Category III.[1]

It was the last uncial manuscript classified by Caspar René Gregory. Gregory saw it in 1904.[2]

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 8th century.[1][3]

The codex currently is housed at the Εθνική Βιβλιοθήκη (139, ff. 245-246) in Athens.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e 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. ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 44. http://www.archive.org/stream/diegriechischen00greggoog#page/n55/mode/2up. 
  3. ^ "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php. Retrieved 13 April 2011. 

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