Uncial 0160 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 018 (
von Soden), is a Greek
uncial manuscript of the
New Testament, dated
paleographically to the 4th century (or 5th).
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Description
The codex contains a small part of the Gospel of Matthew 26:25-26,34-36, on one parchment leaf (9.1 cm by 6.5 cm). It is written in two columns per page, 24 lines per page, in uncial letters.[ ]
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 mixed. Aland placed it in Category III.[
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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 4th or 5th century.[O. von Gebhart, ''Die Evangelien des Matthäus und des Marcus aus dem Codex Purpureus Rossanensis'', ''T & U'' I 4, (Leipzig 1883). ]
The codex currently is housed at the Berlin State Museums, P. 9961 in Berlin.
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
* A. H. Salonius, ''Die griechischen Handschriftenfragmente des Neuen Tastaments in den Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin'', '' ZNW'' 26 (1927), pp. 99-100.
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Greek New Testament uncials
4th-century biblical manuscripts