Codex Sangallensis 18
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Uncial 0130 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 80 ( Soden), is a Greek
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of the
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, dated palaeographically to the 9th-century. Formerly it was labelled by Wc.


Description

The codex contains a small part of the
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1:31-2:16;
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1:20-31.64-79; 2:24-48, on 7 parchment leaves (). It is written in two columns per page, 22 lines per page, in large uncial letters. The writing is similar to
Codex Sangallensis 48 Codex Sangallensis, designated by Δ or 037 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 76 ( von Soden), is a Greek-Latin diglot uncial manuscript of the four Gospels. It is usually dated palaeographically to the 9th century CE, though a few palaeograp ...
but bigger. It has diacritic marks and accents. It is a
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, the upper text has Latin
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. The leaves were washed to make a palimpsest, and the writing erased in parts by a knife. The Greek text of this
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is a representative of the mixed text-type, with a strong element of the
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.
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classified it to the textual family I'. Aland placed it in Category III. According to the
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it has mixed text in Luke 1. In Luke 10 and Luke 20 the manuscript is defective.


History

It is dated by the
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to the 9th-century. The manuscript was examined by
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. Four leaves of the codex are housed at the
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(18, fol. 143-146; 45, fol. 1-2) in
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, and three leaves in
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(Zentralbibliothek, C 57, fol. 5, 74, 93, 135).


See also

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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 ...
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References


Further reading

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Constantin von Tischendorf Lobegott Friedrich Constantin (von) Tischendorf (18 January 18157 December 1874) was a German biblical scholar. In 1844, he discovered the world's oldest and most complete Bible dated to around the mid-4th century and called Codex Sinaiticus a ...
, ''Monumenta Sacra Inedita'' III, Fragmenta Origenianae Octateuchi Editionis (1857), (Prolegomena p. iii, xxxix, xl; pp. 291–298; plate II). *
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 ...
, "Die Schriften des Neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte," Verlag von Arthur Glaue, Berlin 1902-1910, pp. 78–79. * Alban Dodd, ''Neue Palimpsest-Bruchstücke der griechischen Bibel; Zwei bekannte neugelesene Palimpsest-Bruchstücke einre St Galler Evangelienhandschrift'', Biblische Zeitschrift 18 (1929), pp. 241–270.


External links

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Codex Sangallensis
images of the codex at the ''Stiffsbibliothek St. Gallen'' * Wieland Willker
Uncial 0130
at the "Textual Commentary" {{DEFAULTSORT:Uncial 0130 Manuscripts of the Abbey library of Saint Gall Palimpsests Greek New Testament uncials 9th-century biblical manuscripts Vulgate manuscripts