Uncial 0141 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), C^L13 ( Soden), is a

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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 The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and is one ...

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of the

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, dated palaeographically to the 10th century.

Description

The codex contains a verse-by-verse commentary in minuscule on the

Gospel of John The Gospel of John ( grc, Εὐαγγέλιον κατὰ Ἰωάννην, translit=Euangélion katà Iōánnēn) is the fourth of the four canonical gospels. It contains a highly schematic account of the ministry of Jesus, with seven "sig ...

with some lacunae, on 349 parchment leaves (28 cm by 20 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 31 lines per page, with about one verse per page written in uncial letters.

Text

The Greek text of this

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is a representative of the mixed text-type with the

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predominating. Aland placed it in Category III. It does not contain verse John 5:4, 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). In John 1:38 it has an error (εθερμηνευομενον instead of μεθερμηνευομενον). In John 1:29 it lacks ο Ιωαννης along with manuscripts

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) ...

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 ...

, Vaticanus, Cyprius, Campianus, Petropolitanus Purpureus, Vaticanus 354, Nanianus, Macedoniensis, Sangallensis, Koridethi, Petropolitanus, Athous Lavrensis, 045, 047, 8, 9, 565, 1192; In John 3:5 it reads βασιλειαν των ουρανων for βασιλειαν του θεου. The reading is supported by Codex Sinaiticus. In John 3:13 it has reading ανθρωπου ο ων εκ του ουρανου for ανθρωπου, the reading is supported only by

minuscule 80 Minuscule 80 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 281 ( von Soden), known as ''Cod. T. G. Graevii'', is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.K. Aland, ...

and syr^c;

History

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dated the manuscript to the 10th century. Currently it is dated by the

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to the 10th century. The manuscripts once belonged to

Jean Hurault de Boistaillé Jean Hurault de Boistaillé (1517–1572)Kasper van Ommen‘À la bonne grace de Monsieur de Boistailli’ Scaliger and the Hurault de Boistaillé family Bulletin van de Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden en het Scaliger Instituut, 03/2009, s. 11. wa ...

along with other manuscripts of the New Testament (e.g. 10). It was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by

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. It was examined by

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and

Paulin Martin Jean-Pierre-Paulin MartinSometimes referred to as Jean P.P. Martin. (20 July 1840 at Lacam-d'Ourcet, Lot – 14 January 1890 at Amélie-les-Bains, Pyrénées-Orientales), often referred to as Abbé Paulin Martin, or simply Abbé Martin or Pau ...

. Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, ''Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au Nouveau Testament, conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris'' (Paris 1883), p. 83. It is currently housed at the

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(Gr. 209) in

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Uncial 0141
at the Wieland Willker, "Textual Commentary" {{DEFAULTSORT:Uncial 0141 Greek New Testament uncials 10th-century biblical manuscripts Bibliothèque nationale de France collections

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