Codex Petropolitanus (Russian, "Петербургский кодекс" ''Peterburgskiy Kodeks''), designated by Π or 041 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 73 ( von Soden), is a Greek

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of the

Gospels Gospel originally meant the Christian message (" the gospel"), but in the second century AD the term (, from which the English word originated as a calque) came to be used also for the books in which the message was reported. In this sen ...

, dated palaeographically to the 9th-century. The manuscript is lacunose.

Description

The codex contains an almost complete text of the four Gospels on 350 parchment leaves (14.5 cm by 10.5 cm) with some lacunae in Matt 3:12-4:17; 19:12-20:2; Luke 1:76-2:18; John 6:15-35; 8:6-39; 9:21-10:3. Texts of Mark 16:18-20 and John 21:22-25 were supplied by minuscule hand in the 12th-century. The text is written in one column per page, 21 lines per page. The letters are small, with breathings, and accents. The tables of the before each Gospel. The text is divided according to the Ammonian Sections with a references to the

Eusebian Canons Eusebian canons, Eusebian sections or Eusebian apparatus, also known as Ammonian sections, are the system of dividing the four Gospels used between late antiquity and the Middle Ages. The divisions into Chapters and verses of the Bible, chapters ...

. The texts of John 5:4 and 8:3-6 are marked by an

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(manuscript is lacunae from v6 from κύψας to after τέκνα in 8:39).

Text

The Greek text of this

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is a representative of the

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, in close relationship to the Codex Alexandrinus, and other later uncials. Together with Codex Cyprius it belongs to the textual family Π. Aland placed it in Category V. Luke 9:55-56 : στραφεις δε επετιμησεν αυτοις και ειπεν, Ουκ οιδατε ποιου πνευματος εστε υμεις; ο γαρ υιος του ανθρωπου ουκ ηλθεν ψυχας ανθρωπων απολεσαι αλλα σωσαι (''but He turned and rebuked them and He said: "You do not know what manner of spirit you are of; for the Son of man came not to destroy men's lives but to save them'') — as in codices Codex Cyprius 1079 1242 1546 ( ''f''¹ omit γαρ) ( Θ ''f''¹³ omit υμεις and γαρ).UBS3, p. 248.

History

; Found The manuscript belonged to the family Parodi in

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. It was brought by Tischendorf in 1859. ; Present location The codex is located in the National Library of Russia (Gr. 34) in

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Codex Petropolitanus Π (041)
at the ''Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism''.

at the ''Russian National Library''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Petropolitanus Greek New Testament uncials 9th-century biblical manuscripts Codex Petropolitanus (New Testament)

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