Uncial 078 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 15 (
Soden), is a Greek
uncial manuscript of the
New Testament, dated
paleographically to the 6th century. It is a palimpsest.
Description
The codex contains a small parts of the
Matthew
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17:22-18:3.11-19; 19:5-14;
Luke
People
*Luke (given name), a masculine given name (including a list of people and characters with the name)
*Luke (surname) (including a list of people and characters with the name)
*Luke the Evangelist, author of the Gospel of Luke. Also known as ...
18:14-25;
John 4:52-5:8; 20:17-26 on 6 parchment leaves (27 cm by 20 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 22 lines per page.
[
It is a palimpsest, the upper text was written in the 10th century in Georgian language.][ ]
The Greek text of this codex
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was influenced by the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category III.[
Tischendorf deciphered text of the palimpsest.][ C. Tischendorf]
''Monumenta sacra inedita''
(Leipzig: 1855), pp. XII-XIX, 5-10. David C. Parker gave a new reconstruction of the text of the Gospel of John.
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 6th century.[
]
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
* C. Tischendorf
''Monumenta sacra inedita''
(J.C. Hinrichs, Bibliopola: Leipzig: 1855), pp. XII-XIX, 5-10.
* U. B. Schmid, D. C. Parker, W. J. Elliott
''The Gospel according to St. John: The majuscules''
(Brill 2007), pp. 66-68. ext of the codex in the Gospel of John
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External links
Uncial 078
at the Wieland Willker, "Textual Commentary"
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Greek New Testament uncials
6th-century biblical manuscripts
Palimpsests
National Library of Russia collection