Uncial 0233 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), is a
Greek
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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
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manuscript
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of the
New Testament
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. The manuscript
paleographically had been assigned to the 8th-century.
Description
It contains a text of the four
Gospel
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s, on 93 parchment leaves (27 by 21 cm), with some
lacunae. The text is written in two columns per page, 23-27 lines per page.
[ ]
It is a
palimpsest
In textual studies, a palimpsest () is a manuscript page, either from a scroll or a book, from which the text has been scraped or washed off so that the page can be reused for another document. Parchment was made of lamb, calf, or kid skin an ...
, the upper text was written in a
minuscule
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hand, it is a
Lectionary 1684. In result the manuscript has two texts of the New Testament, and it is classified on two different lists: on the list of uncials and on the list of lectionaries.
Text
The Greek text of the
codex
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is a representative of the
Alexandrian text-type
In textual criticism of the New Testament, the Alexandrian text-type is one of the main text types. It is the text type favored by the majority of modern textual critics and it is the basis for most modern (after 1900) Bible translations.
Over 5,8 ...
heavily interpolated by the Byzantine readings.
Kurt Aland
Kurt Aland (28 March 1915 – 13 April 1994) was a German theologian and biblical scholar who specialized in New Testament textual criticism. He founded the '' Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung'' (Institute for New Testament Textua ...
placed it in
Category III (with the profile of 47
1, 23
2, 3
1/2, 5
s).
[
; Textual variants
(The words before the bracket are of UBS edition, the words after the bracket are the readings of the codex).
: Matthew 2:21 – εισηλθεν ] ηλθεν (''went'') — Codex Bezae, D, L, W, 0250, ''f''1, ''f''13, ℳ
: Matthew 6:13 – it contains doxology
: Matthew 11:2 – Χριστου ] Ιησου (supported by ]Codex Bezae
The Codex Bezae Cantabrigiensis, designated by siglum D or 05 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), δ 5 (in the von Soden of New Testament manuscript), is a codex of the New Testament dating from the 5th century writ ...
, 1424, ℓ ''241'', and other)
History
It is dated by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research
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 8th-century.[ ]
The manuscript was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Kurt Aland in 1954.[ ]
The codex used to be housed at the Bible Museum Münster (MS. 1), in the University of Münster
The University of Münster (german: Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, WWU) is a public university, public research university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.
With more than 43,000 students and over ...
.
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 ...
* List of New Testament lectionaries
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
* Textual criticism
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* Bible Museum Münster
References
External links
Uncial 0233
at the Wieland Willker, "Textual Commentary"
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Greek New Testament uncials
8th-century biblical manuscripts
Palimpsests