Codex Tischendorfianus I, designated as Uncial 0106 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 40 (
Soden), is a
Greek uncial manuscript of the
New Testament on parchment. It is dated
palaeographically to the 7th century. The manuscript is fragmentary.
Description
The codex contains a small part of the
Gospel of Matthew 12:17-19.23-25; 13:32; 13:36-15:26 on five elegant parchment leaves ( by ). It is written in one column per page, 20 lines per page, in large uncial letters.
The writing is elegant, it uses breathings and accents. The letters are leaned into right.
The text is divided according to the (''chapters''). There is also another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections, with references to the
Eusebian Canons.
[
Currently it is dated by the ]INTF
The Institute for New Testament Textual Research (german: Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung — INTF) at the University of Münster, Westphalia, Germany, is to research the textual history of the New Testament and to reconstruct its G ...
to the 7th century.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 ...
in 1845 and in 1853 from Sinai. Tischendorf edited its text in ''Monumenta sacra inedita''.Russian National Library
The National Library of Russia (NLR, russian: Российская национальная библиотека}), located in Saint Petersburg, is the first, and one of three national public libraries in Russia. The NLR is currently ranked amo ...
(Gr. 16, 1 f.) in Saint Petersburg — Matt. 12:17-19.23-25
* Universitätsbibliothek (Cod. Gr. 7, 4 ff.), in Leipzig — Matt. 13:46-55 (''Leipziger Blätter'') brought by Tischendorf Tischendorf is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Constantin von Tischendorf (1815–1874), German theologian
* (born 1997), Norwegian snowboarder
*Philipp Tischendorf
Philipp Tischendorf (born 7 June 1988) is a German fo ...
from the east in 1845[Tischendorf]
''Novum Testamentum Graece. Editio Septima''
Lipsiae 1859, p. CLVIII.
* Selly Oak College
The Queen's Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education (also called the Queen's Foundation, Birmingham and formerly the Queen's College, Birmingham) is an ecumenical theological college which, with the West Midlands Ministerial Training Cou ...
(Mingana Chr. Arab. 93) in Birmingham.[
]
Uncial 0119
From the same manuscript originated four other leaves now catalogued as Uncial 0119. It was discovered by J. Rendel Harris
James Rendel Harris ( Plymouth, Devon, 27 January 1852 – 1 March 1941) was an English biblical scholar and curator of manuscripts, who was instrumental in bringing back to light many Syriac Scriptures and other early documents. His contacts at t ...
at Sinai, who examined it.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 ...
designed it as ε 63. It is still housed in the Saint Catherine's Monastery
Saint Catherine's Monastery ( ar, دير القدّيسة كاترين; grc-gre, Μονὴ τῆς Ἁγίας Αἰκατερίνης), officially the Sacred Autonomous Royal Monastery of Saint Katherine of the Holy and God-Trodden Mount Sinai, ...
(Sinai Harris 8, 56,8 ff.) on the Sinai peninsula.
The Greek text of this 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 ...
is a mixture of text-type. Aland placed it in Category III.[
]
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
References
Further reading
* C. Tischendorf, ''Monumenta sacra inedita, sive, Reliquiae antiquissimae textus Novi Testamenti Graeci : ex novem plus mille annorum codicibus per Europam dispersis'' (Leipzig: 1846), p. 9-10.
* C. Tischendorf, ''Monumenta sacra inedita, nova collectio, Vol. II. Fragmenta Evangelii Lucae et Libri Genesis ex tribus codicibus graecis quinti sexti octavi saeculi'' (Leipzig: 1857), p. 321.
External links
Uncial 0106
at the Wieland Willker, "Textual Commentary"
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Greek New Testament uncials
7th-century biblical manuscripts
Codex Tischendorfianus I
Codex Tischendorfianus I, designated as Uncial 0106 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 40 ( Soden), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. It is dated palaeographically to the 7th century. The manuscript is fragmentar ...