Uncial 0320
Encyclopedia
Uncial 0320 is a diglot Greek
-Latin uncial
manuscript
of the New Testament
on parchment. Palaeographically
it has been assigned to the 10th century. Formerly it was designated by Dabs2. The manuscript is very lacunose.
It is particularly notable as one of the two such copies which display clear evidence of having had Claromontanus
as exemplar.
1:3-9; 2:11-18, on six parchment leaves . The text is written in one column per page, 42 lines per page.
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Western text-type
. Kurt Aland
placed it in Category III (Aland's Profile 1391 301/2 442 35S).
It is currently housed at the Hessisches Staatsarchiv (Best. 147 Hr. 2 Nr. 2, 6 fol.) in Marburg
.
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
-Latin uncial
Uncial
Uncial is a majuscule script commonly used from the 3rd to 8th centuries AD by Latin and Greek scribes. Uncial letters are written in either Greek, Latin, or Gothic.-Development:...
manuscript
Manuscript
A manuscript or handwrite is written information that has been manually created by someone or some people, such as a hand-written letter, as opposed to being printed or reproduced some other way...
of the New Testament
New Testament
The New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....
on parchment. Palaeographically
Palaeography
Palaeography, also spelt paleography is the study of ancient writing. Included in the discipline is the practice of deciphering, reading, and dating historical manuscripts, and the cultural context of writing, including the methods with which writing and books were produced, and the history of...
it has been assigned to the 10th century. Formerly it was designated by Dabs2. The manuscript is very lacunose.
It is particularly notable as one of the two such copies which display clear evidence of having had Claromontanus
Codex Claromontanus
Codex Claromontanus, symbolized by Dp or 06 , δ 1026 , is a Greek-Latin diglot uncial manuscript of the New Testament, written in an uncial hand on vellum. The Greek and Latin text on facing pages...
as exemplar.
Description
The codex contains a small texts of the Epistle to the EphesiansEpistle to the Ephesians
The Epistle of Paul to the Ephesians, often shortened to Ephesians, is the tenth book of the New Testament. Its authorship has traditionally been credited to Paul, but it is considered by some scholars to be "deutero-Pauline," that is, written in Paul's name by a later author strongly influenced by...
1:3-9; 2:11-18, on six parchment leaves . The text is written in one column per page, 42 lines per page.
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Western text-type
Western text-type
The Western text-type is one of several text-types used in textual criticism to describe and group the textual character of Greek New Testament manuscripts...
. Kurt Aland
Kurt Aland
Kurt Aland was a German Theologian and Professor of New Testament Research and Church History. He founded the Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung in Münster and served as its first director for many years...
placed it in Category III (Aland's Profile 1391 301/2 442 35S).
History
Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 10th century.It is currently housed at the Hessisches Staatsarchiv (Best. 147 Hr. 2 Nr. 2, 6 fol.) in Marburg
Marburg
Marburg is a city in the state of Hesse, Germany, on the River Lahn. It is the main town of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district and its population, as of March 2010, was 79,911.- Founding and early history :...
.
See also
- List of New Testament uncials
- Biblical manuscriptBiblical manuscriptA biblical manuscript is any handwritten copy of a portion of the text of the Bible. The word Bible comes from the Greek biblia ; manuscript comes from Latin manu and scriptum...
- Textual criticismTextual criticismTextual criticism is a branch of literary criticism that is concerned with the identification and removal of transcription errors in the texts of manuscripts...
External links
- "Continuation of the Manuscript List", Institute for New Testament Textual Research, University of MünsterUniversity of MünsterThe University of Münster is a public university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. The WWU is part of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, a society of Germany's leading research universities...
. Retrieved September 8, 2009 - Viktor Schultze, "Codex Waldeccensis (Dw Paul): unbekannte Fragmente einer Griechisch-Lateinischen Bibelhandschrift", C.H. Becksche, 1904. [a facsimile of Uncial 0320]
- E. Nestle, Zwei griechisch-lateinische Handschriften des neuesn Testaments, ZNW, Giessen 1907, p. 239.