Uncial 077 (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, p. 494. script (written entirely in capital letters) commonly used from the 4th to ...
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 printed or reproduced in ...
of the
New Testament
The New Testament grc, Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, transl. ; la, Novum Testamentum. (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Chri ...
,
paleographically assigned to the 5th century. Only one leaf of the codex has survived.
Description
The codex contains a part of the
Acts of the Apostles (13:28-29).
[ ][Rendel Harris in Smith Lewis (London, 1894) states that the fragment contains Acts 13:28-29. Aland & Aland (Grand Rapids, 1989 rans. list Uncial 077 as containing Acts 13:18-29.]
The Greek text of this
codex is a representative of the
Alexandrian text-type with some alien readings.
Aland placed it in
Category II.
[
Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 5th century.][
]
See also
* List of New Testament uncials
*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 da ...
References
Further reading
* J. Rendel Harris, in Smith Lewis, Agnes (1894). “Appendix: Fragments, Chiefly Greek.” ''Catalogue of the Syriac Mss. in the Convent of S. Catharine on Mount Sinai.'' Studia Sinaitica No. 1. London: C. J. Clay and Sons. 98, No. 5.
Uncial 077
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Greek New Testament uncials
5th-century biblical manuscripts