Codex Dublinensis designated by Z or 035 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 26 (
von Soden), is a Greek
uncial
Uncial is a majuscule Glaister, Geoffrey Ashall. (1996) ''Encyclopedia of the Book''. 2nd edn. New Castle, DE, and London: Oak Knoll Press & The British Library
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manuscript
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of the
Gospel
Gospel originally meant the Christian message ("the gospel"), but in the 2nd century it came to be used also for the books in which the message was set out. In this sense a gospel can be defined as a loose-knit, episodic narrative of the words an ...
s, dated
palaeographically to the 6th century. The manuscript is
lacunose.
[ ]
Description
The
codex
The codex (plural codices ) was the historical ancestor of the modern book. Instead of being composed of sheets of paper, it used sheets of vellum, papyrus, or other materials. The term ''codex'' is often used for ancient manuscript books, with ...
contains a portions of the text of
Gospel of Matthew
The Gospel of Matthew), or simply Matthew. It is most commonly abbreviated as "Matt." is the first book of the New Testament of the Bible and one of the three synoptic Gospels. It tells how Israel's Messiah, Jesus, comes to his people and for ...
, on 32 parchment leaves (), with numerous
lacunae. The text is written in one column per page, 21 lines per column, in 27 letters in line.
[
The uncial letters are large, broad, attractive, and very precise.]Bruce M. Metzger
Bruce Manning Metzger (February 9, 1914 – February 13, 2007) was an American biblical scholar, Bible translator and textual critic who was a longtime professor at Princeton Theological Seminary and Bible editor who served on the board of the ...
& Bart D. Ehrman
Bart Denton Ehrman (born 1955) is an American New Testament scholar focusing on textual criticism of the New Testament, the historical Jesus, and the origins and development of early Christianity. He has written and edited 30 books, including t ...
, ''The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration'', Oxford University Press, 2005, p. 81. The letters are larger than in codices 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 ...
and Vaticanus, but smaller than in Codex Petropolitanus Purpureus.[
It is a ]palimpsest
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. The upper text is a patristic written in a minuscule hand, John Chrysostom
John Chrysostom (; gr, Ἰωάννης ὁ Χρυσόστομος; 14 September 407) was an important Early Church Father who served as archbishop of Constantinople. He is known for his homilies, preaching and public speaking, his denunciat ...
contributing has the largest share. The codex contains the Ammonian Sections, but there is no the Eusebian Canons
Eusebian canons, Eusebian sections or Eusebian apparatus, also known as Ammonian sections, are the system of dividing the four Gospels used between late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. The divisions into chapters and verses used in modern texts d ...
.
No breathings or accents. The Old Testament quotations are indicated by >. Letter μ is very peculiar, it looks like inverted Π.
Itacistic errors are present, e.g. αι with ε confused, and ι with ει.
Contents
Matthew 1:17-2:6, 2:13-20, 4:4-13, 5:45-6:15, 7:16-8:6, 10:40-11:18, 12:43-13:11, 13:57-14:19, 15:13-23, 17:9-17, 17:26-18:6, 19:4-12, 21-28, 20:7-21:8, 21:23-30, 22:16-25, 22:37-23:3, 23:15-23, 24:15-25, 25:1-11, 26:21-29, 62-71.
Text
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type
In textual criticism of the New Testament, the Alexandrian text-type is one of the main text types. It is the text type favored by the majority of modern textual critics and it is the basis for most modern (after 1900) Bible translations.
Over 5,8 ...
, with many alien readings. The Alexandrian text is familiar to the Codex Sinaiticus
The Codex Sinaiticus (Shelfmark: London, British Library, Add MS 43725), designated by siglum [Aleph] or 01 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), δ 2 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts) ...
.[ Aland placed it in Category III.][
In the ]Lord's Prayer
The Lord's Prayer, also called the Our Father or Pater Noster, is a central Christian prayer which Jesus taught as the way to pray. Two versions of this prayer are recorded in the gospels: a longer form within the Sermon on the Mount in the Gosp ...
it does not contain doxology: (Matthew 6:13) as in codices א B D 0170 ''f''1.
In it does not contain (''and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with''), as in codices Sinaiticus, B, D, L, Θ, 085, ''f''1, ''f''13, it, syrs, c, copsa.
History
The codex was discovered by John Barrett in 1787, under some cursive writing. Barrett published its text in 1801, but with errors. The codex was exposed to chemicals by Tregelles, and was deciphered by him in 1853.[S. P. Tregelles, ''An Account of the Printed Text of the Greek New Testament'', London 1854, pp. 166-169.] Tregelles added about 200 letters to the text of Barrett.
The codex is located now in the Trinity College Library
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(K 3.4) in Dublin
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.
See also
* List of New Testament uncials
A New Testament uncial is a section of the New Testament in Greek or Latin majuscule letters, written on parchment or vellum. This style of writing is called ''Biblical Uncial'' or ''Biblical Majuscule''.
New Testament uncials are distinct fro ...
* Textual criticism
Textual criticism is a branch of textual scholarship, philology, and of literary criticism that is concerned with the identification of textual variants, or different versions, of either manuscripts or of printed books. Such texts may range in ...
References
Further reading
* John Barrett, ''Evangelium secundum Matthaeum ex codice rescripto in bibliotheca collegii ssae Trinitatis iuxta Dublinum'' (Dublin, 1801).
* S. P. Tregelles, ''The Dublin codex rescriptus: a supplement'' (London, 1863).
* T. K. Abbott
Reverend Thomas Kingsmill Abbott (26 March 1829 – 18 December 1913) was an Irish scholar and educator.
Abbott was born in Dublin and was educated at Trinity College. He was elected a scholar in 1848, graduated in 1851 as a senior moderator in ma ...
, ''On An Uncial Palimpsest Evangelistarium'', Hermathena X (1884), pp. 146–150.
*
* J. G. Smyly, ''Notes on Greek Mss. in the Library of Trinity College'', ''Hermathena'' XLVIII (1933).
External links
Codex Dublinensis Z (035)
at the ''Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism''
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Greek New Testament uncials
6th-century biblical manuscripts
Palimpsests