Uncial 083 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 31 (Soden), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 6th/7th century. The codex now is located at the Russian National Library (Gr. 10) in Saint Petersburg.[1]
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Mark 13; 14; 15-16; John 1; 2-4; 14 |
|---|---|
| Date | 6th/7th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Russian National Library |
| Size | 28 by 26 cm |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | II |
Description
editThe manuscript contains a small part of the Gospel of John 1:25-41; 2:9-4:14,34-49, on 6 parchment leaves (28 by 26 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 25 lines per page,[1] in large uncial letters.[2] It has no accents, breathings, or punctuation. The text is divided according to the Ammonian Sections, with a references to the Eusebian Canons. The Old Testament quotations are marker on the margin by inverted comma (>>).[3]
Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 6th or 7th century.[1][4]
It came from the same codex as manuscript Uncial 0112. It contains Gospel of Mark 14:29-45; 15:27-16:8, and the shorter Markan ending on 4 leaves. It was found by J. Rendel Harris.[5] Harris published its text.[6] It is now located at the Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai Harris (12, 4 ff.).
From the same codex as manuscript Uncial 0235. It contains Gospel of Mark 13:12-14.16-19.21-24.26-28 on 1 leaf (fragments). The fragment is located now in the Russian National Library (O. 149) in Saint Petersburg.[1]
Text
editThe Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type, with some alien readings. Kurt Aland placed it to Category II.[1]
It contains Mark 15:28.[7]
In John 1:28 it has textual variant Βηθαβαρα together with the manuscripts C2 K, Ψ, 0113, f1, f13 and Byz. Other manuscripts have βηθανια.[8]
In John 3:12 it has textual variant πιστευετε (you believe) – instead of πιστευσετε (you will believe) – together with the manuscripts Papyrus 75 and Uncial 050.[9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 67.
- ^ Rendel Harris, Biblical fragments from Mount Sinai (1890), pp. XIII.
- ^ "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
- ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 96.
- ^ Rendel Harris, Biblical fragments from Mount Sinai (1890), pp. 48-52.
- ^ NA26, p. 144.
- ^ NA26, p. 249.
- ^ NA26, p. 253.
Further reading
edit- Constantin von Tischendorf, Notitia editionis codicis Bibliorum Sinaitici (Leipzig: 1860), p. 50
- Agnes Smith Lewis, Studia Sinaitica, Nr. 1, London 1894, p. 103, 104. (Uncial 0112)
- U. B. Schmid, D. C. Parker, W. J. Elliott, The Gospel according to St. John: The majuscules (Brill 2007), pp. 69-80. [text of the codex in the Gospel of John]
- J. Rendel Harris, Biblical fragments from Mount Sinai (C. J. Clay and Sons: London 1890), pp. XII-XIII, 48-52.
External links
edit
- Uncial 083 at the Wieland Willker, "Textual Commentary"
- "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 3 October 2011.