Uncial 055 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek

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of the

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, dated paleographically to the 11th century. The codex contains a commentary with incomplete text of the four

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s, on 303 parchment leaves (26 cm by 19.5 cm).

Description

The commentaries are placed in the Western order (

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John John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Secon ...

, Luke,

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). Three first Gospels used commentaries of Chrysostom, Gospel of Mark – Victorin's commentary. The text is written in one column per page, 37 lines per page. The manuscript is written in

semi-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, p. 494. script (written entirely in capital letters) commonly used from the 4th to ...

variously listed as an uncial and a minuscule, is reported as "very peculiar in its style and beautifully written". Hermann von Soden did not include it in his catalog. According to some scholars it is a commentary rather, but not a manuscript of New Testament. The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the

Byzantine text-type In the textual criticism of the New Testament, the Byzantine text-type (also called Majority Text, Traditional Text, Ecclesiastical Text, Constantinopolitan Text, Antiocheian Text, or Syrian Text) is one of the main text types. It is the form fo ...

, but Aland did not placed it in any

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. It is one of very few uncial manuscripts do not cited in Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece.

History

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 11th century. The manuscript was examined by Scholz, Burgon, and Paulin Martin. Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, ''Description technique des manuscrits grecs relatifs au N. T., conservés dans les bibliothèques des Paris'' (Paris 1883), p. 81. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1885. Formerly the manuscript was housed at the ''Dominus du Fresne''. Currently the codex is located at the

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(Gr. 201) in

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References

External links

* Robert Waltz
Codex 055
at the ''Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Uncial 0055 Greek New Testament uncials 11th-century biblical manuscripts Bibliothèque nationale de France collections

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