Uncial 0120 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), α 1005 (
Soden), is a
Greek uncial manuscript
A manuscript (abbreviated MS for singular and MSS for plural) was, traditionally, any document written by hand – or, once practical typewriters became available, typewritten – as opposed to mechanically printing, printed or repr ...
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 ...
, dated
palaeographically to the 9th-century. Vaya lokosñ
Description
The codex contains a small parts 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 ...
16:30-17:17; 17:27-29,31-34; 18:8-26, on six parchment leaves (). The text is written in one column per page, 21 lines per page, in uncial letters.
[ The letters are leaned into right.][
It is a palimpsest, the upper text is a menaeon (see ]Uncial 094
Uncial 094 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 016 ( Soden); is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 6th-century.
Description
The codex contains only a small part of the Gospel of Matthew 24:9-21, o ...
, Uncial 0133
Uncial 0133 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 83 ( Soden), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 9th century. Formerly it was labelled by Wg.
Description
The codex contains a parts of the Matthew ...
).[
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 the text-type
Text types in literature form the basic styles of writing. Factual texts merely seek to inform, whereas literary texts seek to entertain or otherwise engage the reader by using creative language and imagery. There are many aspects to literary wri ...
s. Aland placed it in Category III.[
]
History
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 9th-century.[C. R. Gregory, ''Textkritik des Neuen Testamentes'', (Leipzig, 1909), vol. III, pp. 1078–1079.]
The codex now is located in the Vatican Library
The Vatican Apostolic Library ( la, Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana, it, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana), more commonly known as the Vatican Library or informally as the Vat, is the library of the Holy See, located in Vatican City. Formally es ...
(Gr. 2302) in Rome.[
]
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
* Joseph Cozza, ''Sacrorum bibliorum vetustissima fragmenta Graeca et Latina e codicibus Cryptoferratensibus eruta'' III (Rome, 1877), pp. CXXI-CXXXIV.
* C. R. Gregory, ''Textkritik des Neuen Testamentes'', (Leipzig, 1909), vol. III, pp. 1078–1079.
External links
* R. Waltz
Uncial 0120
at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism
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Greek New Testament uncials
Palimpsests
9th-century biblical manuscripts
Manuscripts of the Vatican Library