Uncial 087
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Uncial 087 ε 27 (Soden); is a Greek
uncial
manuscript
of the New Testament
, dated paleographically to the 6th century. Formerly it was labelled by Θc.
contains a small parts of the Gospel of Matthew
1:23-2:2; 19:3-8; 21:19-24, and the Gospel of John
18:29-35 on 3 parchment
leaves (34 by 26 cm). The text is written in one column
per page
, 18 lines per page, in very large uncial letters
. The letters are similar to Codex Petropolitanus Purpureus
.
It has initial letters, diaeresis, and punctuation. The words at the end of lines sometimes are written in an abbreviated way.
The codex was brought by Porphiryj Uspenski
from Sinai
to Russia
in 1858, and now is located at the Russian National Library
(Gr. 12,278) in Saint Petersburg
. Another part of the same codex is housed and at the St. Catherine's Monastery
(Gr. 218) in Sinai. Tischendorf
described fragment housed in Petersburg:
From the same manuscript came one parchment leaf, it was classified as Uncial 092b. It contains Gospel of Mark
12:32-37. It has errors of itacism (e.g. εχεται for εχετε). It is still located in St. Catherine's Monastery (Sinai Harris 11, 1 f.). It was discovered by J. Rendel Harris
during his visit at Sinai in 1889, who published its text in 1890. Harris gave the following description of this fragment:
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 6th century.
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;...
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....
, dated paleographically to the 6th century. Formerly it was labelled by Θc.
Description
The codexCodex
A codex is a book in the format used for modern books, with multiple quires or gatherings typically bound together and given a cover.Developed by the Romans from wooden writing tablets, its gradual replacement...
contains a small parts of the Gospel of Matthew
Gospel of Matthew
The Gospel According to Matthew is one of the four canonical gospels, one of the three synoptic gospels, and the first book of the New Testament. It tells of the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth...
1:23-2:2; 19:3-8; 21:19-24, and the Gospel of John
Gospel of John
The Gospel According to John , commonly referred to as the Gospel of John or simply John, and often referred to in New Testament scholarship as the Fourth Gospel, is an account of the public ministry of Jesus...
18:29-35 on 3 parchment
Parchment
Parchment is a thin material made from calfskin, sheepskin or goatskin, often split. Its most common use was as a material for writing on, for documents, notes, or the pages of a book, codex or manuscript. It is distinct from leather in that parchment is limed but not tanned; therefore, it is very...
leaves (34 by 26 cm). The text is written in one column
Column (typography)
In typography, a column is one or more vertical blocks of content positioned on a page, separated by gutters and/or rules. Columns are most commonly used to break up large bodies of text that cannot fit in a single block of text on a page. Additionally, columns are used to improve page composition...
per page
Page (paper)
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, 18 lines per page, in very large uncial letters
Letter (alphabet)
A letter is a grapheme in an alphabetic system of writing, such as the Greek alphabet and its descendants. Letters compose phonemes and each phoneme represents a phone in the spoken form of the language....
. The letters are similar to Codex Petropolitanus Purpureus
Codex Petropolitanus Purpureus
Codex Petropolitanus Purpureus, designated by N or 022 , ε 19 , is a 6th century Greek New Testament codex gospel book. Written in majuscules , on 231 parchment leaves, measuring 32 x 27 cm...
.
It has initial letters, diaeresis, and punctuation. The words at the end of lines sometimes are written in an abbreviated way.
The codex was brought by Porphiryj Uspenski
Porphiryj Uspenski
Porphiry Uspenski archbishop of Kiev of the Russian Orthodox Church, and archeologist. His baptismal name was Konstantin Aleksandrovich Uspenski .- Life :...
from Sinai
Sinai Peninsula
The Sinai Peninsula or Sinai is a triangular peninsula in Egypt about in area. It is situated between the Mediterranean Sea to the north, and the Red Sea to the south, and is the only part of Egyptian territory located in Asia as opposed to Africa, effectively serving as a land bridge between two...
to Russia
Russia
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in 1858, and now is located at the Russian National Library
Russian National Library
The National Library of Russia in St Petersburg, known as the State Public Saltykov-Shchedrin Library from 1932 to 1992 , is the oldest public library in Russia...
(Gr. 12,278) in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
. Another part of the same codex is housed and at the St. Catherine's Monastery
Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai
Saint Catherine's Monastery lies on the Sinai Peninsula, at the mouth of a gorge at the foot of Mount Sinai in the city of Saint Catherine in Egypt's South Sinai Governorate. The monastery is Orthodox and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site...
(Gr. 218) in Sinai. Tischendorf
Constantin von Tischendorf
Lobegott Friedrich Constantin Tischendorf was a noted German Biblical scholar. He deciphered the Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus, a 5th century Greek manuscript of the New Testament, in the 1840s, and rediscovered the Codex Sinaiticus, a 4th century New Testament manuscript, in 1859.Tischendorf...
described fragment housed in Petersburg:
Etiam hoc fragmentum sexti saeculi videtur; litterarum forma inprimis simile est fragmentins illis tribus evangeliorum purpureis, Romae, Londini et Vindobonae servatis, quae anno 1846 in priore collectione Monumentorum Sacrorum publicavi. In apparatu critico editionis meae VII. siglo N notata sunt.
From the same manuscript came one parchment leaf, it was classified as Uncial 092b. It contains Gospel of Mark
Gospel of Mark
The Gospel According to Mark , commonly shortened to the Gospel of Mark or simply Mark, is the second book of the New Testament. This canonical account of the life of Jesus of Nazareth is one of the three synoptic gospels. It was thought to be an epitome, which accounts for its place as the second...
12:32-37. It has errors of itacism (e.g. εχεται for εχετε). It is still located in St. Catherine's Monastery (Sinai Harris 11, 1 f.). It was discovered by J. Rendel Harris
J. Rendel Harris
James Rendel Harris was an English biblical scholar and curator of manuscripts, who was instrumental in bringing back to light many Syriac Scriptures and other early documents...
during his visit at Sinai in 1889, who published its text in 1890. Harris gave the following description of this fragment:
Two leaves of a sixth century MS. Of the Gospels, the first of the leaves having lost its upper half. The second leaf, having been folded in the middle when used to bind some other MS., has become illegible where it was folded. The hand is a large bold script, and the MS. From which the fragments came must have been a very fine one. The text is broken into short commata which are distinguished by a mart of punctuation: occasionally there are traces of the use of a colon as a mark of punctuation, and of as aspirate or perhaps a diacritic mark, (see the third line of Fol. 1, recto): we have printed this last as if it were an aspirate, but with some hesitation; it looks more like the pair of dots which denote initial iota connected by a scribe’s flourish. The second leaf shews the smooth breathing in its early square form: see line 15 of the recto of the leaf. The MS. shews the itacism of αι for ε as is common in early uncial texts (εχεται for εχετε).
The Greek text
Written language
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of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type
Alexandrian text-type
The Alexandrian text-type , associated with Alexandria, is one of several text-types used in New Testament textual criticism to describe and group the textual character of biblical manuscripts...
with some alien readings. 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 II.
Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 6th century.
See also
- List of New Testament uncials
- Uncial 089Uncial 089Uncial 089 in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 28 , is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 6th century. The codex now is located at the Russian National Library in Saint Petersburg...
- 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...
Further reading
- Constantin von TischendorfConstantin von TischendorfLobegott Friedrich Constantin Tischendorf was a noted German Biblical scholar. He deciphered the Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus, a 5th century Greek manuscript of the New Testament, in the 1840s, and rediscovered the Codex Sinaiticus, a 4th century New Testament manuscript, in 1859.Tischendorf...
, Notitia editionis codicis Bibliorum Sinaitici (Leipzig: 1860), p. 50. - U. B. Schmid, D. C. ParkerDavid C. ParkerDavid C. Parker is the Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology and the Director of the Institute for Textual Scholarship and Electronic Editing at the Department of Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham. His interests include New Testament textual criticism and Greek and Latin...
, W. J. Elliott, The Gospel according to St. John: The majuscules (Brill 2007), pp. 108–109. [text of the codex in the Gospel of John] - J. Rendel Harris, Biblical fragments from Mount Sinai (London: 1890), pp. XII, 46-47 [092b]
External links
- Uncial 087 at the Wieland Willker, "Textual Commentary"
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