Uncial 030, designated by

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U or 030 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 90 ( von Soden), is a Greek

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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 ...

on parchment, dated palaeographically to the 9th century. The manuscript has complex contents, with full marginalia (see picture). The text of the codex usually follows the majority text, but with departures, some of them represent Alexandrian tradition. The manuscript is rarely cited in the present critical editions of the Greek New Testament.

Description

The codex contains 291 parchment leaves (), with a complete text of the four

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s. The leaves are arranged in quarto (four leaves in quire). The text is written in two columns per page, and 21 lines per column, in brown ink. According to

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the manuscript is carefully and luxury written. The ornaments are in gold and colours.S. P. Tregelles, ''An Introduction to the Critical study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures'' (London 1856), p. 202 The initial letters in gold and decorated. The letters are high, and round. They have breathings and accents. It is an ornamented codex, with full

marginalia Marginalia (or apostils) are marks made in the margins of a book or other document. They may be scribbles, comments, glosses (annotations), critiques, doodles, drolleries, or illuminations. Biblical manuscripts Biblical manuscripts have ...

, as well

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such as pictures and golden ornaments. It is written in well rounded uncials, Letters are in general an imitation of those used before the introduction of compressed

s. The letters are compressed only at the end of line. It is shown in Tregelles' facsimile, the oblong

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s creep at the end of lines 2 and 4.

Samuel Prideaux Tregelles Samuel Prideaux Tregelles (30 January 1813 – 24 April 1875) was an English biblical scholar, lexicographer, Christian Hebraist, textual critic, and theologian. Life Tregelles was born at Wodehouse Place, Falmouth, of Quaker parents, but h ...

found that the "letters are in general an imitation of those used before the introduction of compressed uncials; but they do not belong to the age when full and round writing was customary or natural, so that the stiffness and want of ease is manifest". The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their (''titles'') at the top of the pages. There is also another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections, with references to 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 ...

. Number of sections in

Gospel of Mark The Gospel of Mark), or simply Mark (which is also its most common form of abbreviation). is the second of the four canonical gospels and of the three synoptic Gospels. It tells of the ministry of Jesus from his baptism by John the Baptist to h ...

is 233 (usual is 235), the last section in 16:8. It contains the

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and Eusebian tables at the beginning of the manuscript, tables of the (''tables of contents'') before each Gospel, golden ornaments, subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, and pictures. Before Gospel of Mark it has picture with the baptism of Jesus; before Gospel of John it has picture with the rays from the clouds, John stands, and

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writes.

Text of the codex

Text type

The Greek text of this

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is a representative of the

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. The non-Byzantine readings are confirmed by

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and

minuscule 1071 Minuscule 1071 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering). It is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the four Gospels. It is dated to the 12th century. Description This twelfth-century copy of the four Gospels, now in the Laura on Mount Athos, contains the ...

, though there is no real reason to think they are related. The manuscript stands in some relationship to the Codex Basilensis and other textual members of 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 ...

, but Nanianus does not belong to this family.

Hermann von Soden Baron Hermann von Soden (16 August 1852 – 15 January 1914) was a German Biblical scholar, minister, professor of divinity, and textual theorist. Life Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on August 16, 1852, Soden was educated at the University of Tübinge ...

classified its text to his textual group I^o which refers to nine manuscripts in Luke. They do not form a group. According to Soden textual group I^o, is a result of recension Pamphilus from Caeasarea (ca. 300 AD). Aland placed it in Category V, though it is not pure the Byzantine text, with a number non-Byzantine readings. According to the

Claremont Profile Method The Claremont Profile Method is a method for classifying ancient manuscripts of the Bible. It was elaborated by Ernest Cadman Colwell and his students. Professor Frederik Wisse attempted to establish an accurate and rapid procedure for the classif ...

it represents textual family K^x in Luke 10, in Luke 1 and Luke 20 it has mixed Byzantine text. It is close to minuscules

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and 1006 in Luke 1 and Luke 10.Frederik Wisse, ''The profile method for the classification and evaluation of manuscript evidence'', '' William B. Eerdmans Publishing'', 1982, p. 52 The manuscript contains the texts of the Signs of the times (Matthew 16:2b-3), Christ's agony at Gethsemane (Luke 22:43-44), John 5:3.4, and the

Pericope Adulterae Jesus and the woman taken in adultery (or the ) is a passage (pericope) found in John 7:53– 8:11 of the New Testament. It has been the subject of much scholarly discussion. In the passage, Jesus was teaching in the Second Temple after com ...

(John 7:53-8:11) without any mark, which are considered inauthentic in the modern Critical editions. It contains the longer ending of Mark (16:9-20), but there is not the Ammonian Sections and Eusebian Canons at the margin. In text of Pericope Adulterae it has several peculiar readings (see section below), some of them has textual affinities with

Codex Tischendorfianus III Codex Tischendorfianus III – designated by siglum Λ or 039 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 77 ( von Soden)Hermann von Soden, ''Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ...

Textual variants

Pericope Adulterae

John John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Secon ...

8:2 after οφθρου δε παλιν it has reading βαθεος ελθεν ο Ιησους instead of παρεγενετο. In John 8:4 it reads ειπον (''said'') for λεγουσι (''say''); the reading is supported by

. In John 8:7 it reads αναβλεψας instead of ανακυψας or ανεκυψεν, along with Tischendorfianus III, manuscripts of Ferrar Group (''f''¹³), and

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. In John 8:8 the codex represents unique textual addition: ενος εκαστου αυτων τας αμαρτιας (''sins of every one of them''). This textual variant is supported by the manuscripts:

Minuscule 73 Minuscule 73 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 260 ( von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, ...

, 95,

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, 364, 413,

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, and some Armenian manuscripts.

Minuscule 652 Minuscule 652 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), ε1095 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, written on parchment. Using the study of compara ...

has this variant on the margin added by a later hand. Minuscule 264 has this textual variant in John 8:6.''The Greek New Testament'', ed. K. Aland, A. Black, C. M. Martini, B. M. Metzger, and A. Wikgren, in cooperation with INTF, ''United Bible Societies'', 3rd edition, (Stuttgart 1983), p. 357.

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/ref> In John 8:10a it reads Ιησους ειδεν αυτην και against reading: Ιησους και μηδενα θεασαμενος πλην της γυναικος, and reading: Ιησους. The reading of the codex is supported by the manuscripts: Tischendorfianus III, manuscripts of ''f''¹³,

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, 700, 1077, 1443,

Lectionary 185 Lectionary 185, designated by siglum ℓ ''185'' (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 11th century. Scrivener labelled it by 222e. Desc ...

^mg, and Ethiopic manuscripts. In John 8:10b it reads που εισιν οι κατηγοροι σου along with manuscripts: Seidelianus I, Vaticanus 354, manuscripts of Ferrar Family (''f''¹³), 28,

, 700, 1009, instead of που εισιν �κεινοιοι κατηγοροι σου as manuscripts Basilensis, Boreelianus, Seidelianus I, Cyprius, 1079, or που εισιν as manuscripts Bezae, Campianus, Tischendorfianus IV, Tischendorfianus III, and manuscripts of Lake's Family (''f''¹). In John 8:11 it reads ειπεν δε αυτη ο Ιησους against reading ο δε Ιησους ειπεν αυτη or ειπεν δε ο Ιησους; the reading of the codex is supported by codices Tischendorfianus IV and minuscule 700.

Alexandrian readings

In Matthew 2:15 – the same in Matthew 2:17 – it reads υπο του κυριου for υπο κυριου; the reading of the manuscript is supported by codices: Sinaiticus (א), Vaticanus (B), Ephraemi (C), Bezae (D), Dublinensis, Tischendorfianus IV, Sangallensis, Petropolitanus, the reading υπο κυριου is supported by Basilensis, Cyprius, Regius, Campianus, Vaticanus 354, U, Mosquensis II. In Matthew 27:49 it has Alexandrian interpolation ἄλλος δὲ λαβὼν λόγχην ἒνυξεν αὐτοῦ τὴν πλευράν, καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ὖδορ καὶ αἳμα (''the other took a spear and pierced His side, and immediately came out water and blood''), this reading was derived from

19:34 – it is found in Codex Sinaiticus, Vaticanus, Ephraemi Rescriptus, Regius, Tischendorfianus IV, 1010, 1293, syr^pal, eth^mss. In John 1:29 ο Ιωαννης is omitted, as in Alexandrian and old Byzantine manuscripts. In John 2:13 it has reading ο Ιησους εις Ιεροσολυμα (''Jesus to Jerusalem''), majority of manuscripts has order εις Ιεροσολυμα ο Ιησους (''to Jerusalem Jesus''); the reading of the codex is supported by the manuscripts:

Papyrus 66 Papyrus 66 (also referred to as 𝔓66) is a near complete codex of the Gospel of John, and part of the collection known as the Bodmer Papyri. Description The manuscript contains John 1:1–6:11, 6:35b–14:26, 29–30; 15:2–26; 16:2–4, 6– ...

Papyrus 75 Papyrus 75 (formerly Papyrus Bodmer XIV– XV, now Hanna Papyrus 1), designated by the siglum (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), is an early Greek New Testament manuscript written on papyrus. It contains text from t ...

Codex Seidelianus I Codex Seidelianus I, designated by siglum Ge or 011 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 87 ( von Soden), also known as Codex Wolfii A and Codex Harleianus is a Greek uncial manuscript of the Gospels, dated palaeographically to the 9th centu ...

Codex Regius Codex Regius ( la, Cōdex Rēgius, "Royal Book" or "King's Book"; is, Konungsbók) or GKS 2365 4º is an Icelandic codex in which many Old Norse poems from the ''Poetic Edda'' are preserved. Thought to have been written during the 1270s, it i ...

, Campianus, Petropolitanus Purpureus, Uncial 0211, 1010 1505, lectionary 425, lectionary 640, and several other manuscripts.NA26, p. 251 In John 4:35 it reads ετι τετραμενος εστι, majority of the manuscripts has τετραμενος εστι. In John 5:5 it reads τριακοντα και οκτω ετη (''thirty and eight years'') as in Alexandrian manuscripts, majority reads τριακονταοκτω ετη (''thirty eight years''). Word εχων after ετη is omitted. In John 5:16 phrase οι Ιουδαιοι τον Ιησουν has Alexandrian sequence of words, the majority has τον Ιησουν οι Ιουδαιοι. In John 5:44 it reads αλληλων as in Alexandrian manuscripts, majority reads ανθρωπων. In John 6:40 it reads τουτο γαρ as Alexandrian manuscripts, majority reads τουτο δε. In John 6:54 it has reading καγω αναστησω as Alexandrian manuscripts, majority reads και εγω αναστησω. In John 7:8 it reads ο εμος καιρος as Alexandrian manuscripts, majority has ο καιρος ο εμος.

History

Andreas Birch Andreas Birch (November 6, 1758 – October 25, 1829) was a professor from Copenhagen.Fr. NielsenBiografii 1. '' Dansk biografisk leksikon'', edited by C.F. Bricka, 2. volume, page 280, Gyldendal, 1887–1905 Birch was sent in 1781–1783 by the ...

dated the manuscript to the 10 or 11th century.A. Birch,
Variae Lectiones ad Textum IV Evangeliorum
', Haunie 1801, pp. LXV-LXVI Scholz dated it to the 10th century. Scrivener writes that it dates "scarcely before the tenth century, although the letters are in general an imitation of those used before the introduction of compressed uncials". The present palaeographers dated the manuscript to the 9th century. TregellesS. P. Tregelles, ''An Introduction to the Critical study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures'' (London 1856), p. 203 and Gregory dated it to the 9th or 10th century. The codex is named after its last owner, Giovanni Nanni (1432–1502). The codex was described by

Giovanni Luigi Mingarelli Giovanni Luigi or Giovanni Aloysius Mingarelli (1722-1791) was an Italian scholar in the Greek language, who translated Greek and Coptic religious texts, including the Bible. One of his translations was ''Ægyptiorum Codicum Reliquiæ Venetiis In Bi ...

. The first collator of the codex was

Friedrich Münter Friedrich Christian Carl Heinrich Münter (14 October 1761 – 9 April 1830) was a German-Danish scholar, theologian, and Bishop of Zealand from 1808 until his death. His name has also been recorded as Friederich Münter. In addition to his posit ...

(1761–1830), who sent some extracts from the text of the codex to

. Birch used these extracts in his edition of the text of the four Gospels in Greek. Then Birch examined the manuscript himself and gave its description in 1801:

In Bibliotheca Equitis Nanii codex asservatur charactere unciali exaratus Seculo X vel XI, complectens Qvattuor Evangelia cum Eusebii Canonibus. De hoc plura vide in Catalogo Codd. graecorum, qvi apud Nanios asservantur, studio et opera Mingarelli publicatam. Excerpta hujus codicis in adnotationibus hinc inde obvia, mecum communicavit Vir. Cl. Münter, cui etiam debeo notitiam duorum codicum qvi seqvuntur.

It was slightly examined by Scholz.

Thomas Hartwell Horne Thomas Hartwell Horne (20 October 1780 – 27 January 1862) was an English theologian and librarian. Life He was born in London and educated at Christ's Hospital until he was 15 when his father died and he had to work. He then became a clerk ...

gave this description of the codex:

The Codex Nanianus I., in the library of St. Mark, at Venice, contains the four Gospels with the Eusebian canons. It is nearly entire, and for the most part agrees with the Constantinopolitan recension. Dr. Birch, by whom it was first collated, refers it to the tenth of eleventh century; Dr. Scholz, to the tenth century.

The text of the manuscript was collated by

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in 1843 and by Tregelles in 1846, thoroughly and independently. They compared their work at Leipzig for the purpose of mutual correction. Tischendorf cited often the manuscript in his ''Editio Octava Critica Maior''. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886. William Hatch published one page of the codex as photographic facsimile in 1939.

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 A ...

did not describe the manuscript in his ''The Text of the New Testament…'' or in ''Manuscripts of the Greek Bible…'', and it one of the very few uncial manuscripts with sigla (01-045) not described by Metzger. It means according to him it has low textual importance. The manuscript is rarely cited in critical editions of the

Greek New Testament Greek New Testament refers to the New Testament in Koine Greek. It may also refer to the following texts: * ''Novum Instrumentum omne'' * ''Textus Receptus'', the basis of the King James Bible * '' Novum Testamentum Graece'', a critical edition of ...

NA27/UBS4. It is not mentioned in Introduction to the 26th edition of ''Novum Testamentum Graece'' of Nestle-Aland.NA26, Introduction, p. 49* It is often cited in ''The Gospel According to John in the Byzantine Tradition'' (2007). The codex currently is located, in

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, the

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, ms Gr. I, 8 (=1397).

References

External links

Codex Nanianus, U (30)
at the ''Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Nanianus Greek New Testament uncials 9th-century biblical manuscripts