Codex Angelicus designated by L
ap or 020 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), α 5 (
von Soden), is a Greek
uncial
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manuscript
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of the
New Testament
The New Testament grc, Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, transl. ; la, Novum Testamentum. (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Christ ...
.
Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 9th century.
Formerly it was known as ''Codex Passionei''.
Description
The codex contains text of the
Acts of the Apostles
The Acts of the Apostles ( grc-koi, Πράξεις Ἀποστόλων, ''Práxeis Apostólōn''; la, Actūs Apostolōrum) is the fifth book of the New Testament; it tells of the founding of the Christian Church and the spread of its messag ...
, the
Catholic epistles, and the
Pauline epistles, on 189 parchment leaves (). The text is written in two columns per page, 26 lines per column (size of column ).
The codex contains large lacunae in Acts 1:1-8:10; and in Hebrews
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13:10-25.[
It contains prolegomena, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), subscriptions at the end of each book, and .][
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Text
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type
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with a few non-Byzantine readings. It is one of the very earliest purely Byzantine manuscripts, and belongs to the textual family Family E
Family E is a textual group of the New Testament manuscripts. It belongs to the Byzantine text-type as one of its textual families, it is one of the primary early families of the Byzantine text-type. The name of the family came from the symbol of ...
. Aland placed it in Category V.[
The text of Romans 16:25-27 is following 14:23, as in ]Codex Athous Lavrensis
The Codex Athous Laurae, designated by Ψ or 044 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), or δ 6 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament Manuscripts), is a manuscript of the New Testament written in Greek uncial lette ...
, Uncial 0209, Minuscule 181
Minuscule 181 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 101 ( Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefas ...
326
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In 1 Timothy 3:16 it has textual variant (''God manifested'') (Sinaiticuse, A2, C2, Dc, K, L, P, Ψ, 81, 104, 181, 326
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, 330, 436, 451
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, 614
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, 629
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, 630
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, 1241, 1739, 1877, 1881, 1962, 1984, 1985, 2492, 2495, Byz, Lect), against ὃς ἐφανερώθη (''he was manifested'') supported by Sinaiticus, Codex Alexandrinus
The Codex Alexandrinus (London, British Library, Royal MS 1. D. V-VIII), designated by the siglum A or 02 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), δ 4 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts), is a manu ...
, Ephraemi, Boernerianus, 33, 365, 442, 2127, ℓ ''599''.
In 1 Peter 4:14, the manuscript contains the variant reading κατὰ μὲν αὐτοὺς βλασφημεῖται, κατὰ δὲ ὑμᾶς δοξάζεται ("according to them he is blasphemed, but according to you he is glorified") along with manuscripts K P Ψ 1448 1611, the Byzantine Codices, a majority or all of the Old Latin witnesses, the Wordsworth/White Vulgate Edition, the Greek-manuscript-consulted Harklensis Syriac Vorlage, Sahidic manuscripts, one Bohairic manuscript, and the church father Cyprian
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(3rd Century).
History
It once belonged to Cardinal Passionei. The manuscript was examined by Montfaucon, Bianchini
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, Birch
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(James and 1 Corinthians), Scholz (entire codex), and Ferdinand Fleck in 1833.[ It was collated by ]Tischendorf Tischendorf is a German surname
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in 1843, and then Tregelles in 1846.[ S. P. Tregelles, "An Introduction to the Critical study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures", London 1856, p. 205.] It was examined by G. Mucchio.
Wettstein and Scholz designated it by the siglum G. Tischendorf initially employed the same siglum, but in the 7th edition of his Novum Testamentum, he changed this to the siglum L.[ Gregory assigned it the number 020.
The name of the codex comes from the ]Biblioteca Angelica
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library in Rome
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, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
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, where it is now located (shelf number Gr. No. 039).
See also
* List of New Testament uncials
* Textual criticism
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References
Further reading
* G. Mucchio, "Studi italiani di filologia classica" 4, ''Index Codicum Bibliothecae'' no. 39 (Florence, 1896), pp. 7–184.
External links
* R. Waltz
Codex Angelicus Lap (020)
''Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism''.
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Greek New Testament uncials
9th-century biblical manuscripts