Uncial 051 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek
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
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
Book of Revelation
The Book of Revelation is the final book of the New Testament (and consequently the final book of the Christian Bible). Its title is derived from the first word of the Koine Greek text: , meaning "unveiling" or "revelation". The Book of R ...
, dated
paleographically to the 10th century.
Description
The codex contains incomplete text of Rev 1:1-11:14, 13:2-3, 22:8-14, with a commentary of
Andreas's (see
Uncial 052), on 92 parchment leaves (23 cm by 18 cm). The text is written in one column per page, 22 lines per page (16.6 by 10.5 cm), in uncial letters.
[ The uncial letters leaned to the right. A commentary is written in ]cursive
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letters. It has breathings and accents. The text is divided according to (rarely numbered) and λογοι.
The Greek text of this codex
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Aland placed in Category III.[
In Revelation 11:17 it has traditional reading και ο ερχομενος along with manuscripts 35, 1006, 1841, 2074, 2723, the Bohairic, Tyconius, and ]Vulgata Clementina
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(''qui venturus es'').[''Biblia Sacra Vulgata'', ]Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft
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The Society publishes the Bible in the original languages and in ...
: Stuttgart 1983, s. 1893.
The manuscript was written in Italy. In 1899 Kirsopp Lake
Kirsopp Lake (7 April 187210 November 1946) was an English New Testament scholar, Church historian, Greek Palaeographer, and Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Harvard Divinity School.
He had an uncommon breadth of interests. His mai ...
photographed 1 page of it. In 1902 it was thoroughly examined by C. R. Gregory
C. or c. may refer to:
* Century, sometimes abbreviated as ''c.'' or ''C.'', a period of 100 years
* Cent (currency), abbreviated ''c.'' or ''¢'', a monetary unit that equals of the basic unit of many currencies
* Caius or Gaius, abbreviated as ...
, who partially collated its text. Herman C. Hoskier
Herman Charles Hoskier (1864–1938), was a biblical scholar, British textual critic, and son of a merchant banker, Herman Hoskier (1832–1904).
Hoskier, as textual critic, generally but not entirely supported the Byzantine text-type against th ...
collated and edited its text in 1929.
The codex is located in the Pantokratoros monastery
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of Mount Athos
Mount Athos (; el, Ἄθως, ) is a mountain in the distal part of the eponymous Athos peninsula and site of an important centre of Eastern Orthodox monasticism in northeastern Greece. The mountain along with the respective part of the penins ...
(44).
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
* C. R. Gregory
C. or c. may refer to:
* Century, sometimes abbreviated as ''c.'' or ''C.'', a period of 100 years
* Cent (currency), abbreviated ''c.'' or ''¢'', a monetary unit that equals of the basic unit of many currencies
* Caius or Gaius, abbreviated as ...
, ''Textkritik des Neuen Testamentes'' III (Leipzig 1909), pp. 1042–1046.
* Herman C. Hoskier
Herman Charles Hoskier (1864–1938), was a biblical scholar, British textual critic, and son of a merchant banker, Herman Hoskier (1832–1904).
Hoskier, as textual critic, generally but not entirely supported the Byzantine text-type against th ...
, ''Concerning The Text of The Apocalypse'' (London 1929), pp. 2–4.
External links
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