Uncial 0105
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Uncial 0105 ε 45 (Soden), is a Greek
uncial
manuscript
of the New Testament
. It is dated paleographically to the 10th century. Formerly it was labelled by Wn.
6:71-7:46, on four parchment leaves (32 by 24 cm). The text is written in two columns per page (size of column is 22.8 by 7.5 cm), 24 lines per page, in large uncial letters. Ink is brown. It contains Ammonian Sections, Eusebian Canons, lectionary markings, and music notes. It has some errors of itacism
. It has breathings and accents.
The Greek text of this codex
is mixed, with a strong element of the Byzantine text-type
. Aland
placed it in Category III.
According to C. R. Gregory it was acquired from Eastern Asia-Minor or Armenia. Gregory gave full text of the codex.
The codex is located at the Austrian National Library
, (Suppl. Gr. 121), in Vienna
.
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....
. It is dated paleographically to the 10th century. Formerly it was labelled by Wn.
Description
The codex contains a small part of the Gospel of JohnGospel 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...
6:71-7:46, on four parchment leaves (32 by 24 cm). The text is written in two columns per page (size of column is 22.8 by 7.5 cm), 24 lines per page, in large uncial letters. Ink is brown. It contains Ammonian Sections, Eusebian Canons, lectionary markings, and music notes. It has some errors of itacism
Iotacism
Iotacism is the process by which a number of vowels and diphthongs in Ancient Greek converged in pronunciation so that they all sound like iota in Modern Greek....
. It has breathings and accents.
The Greek text of this codex
Codex
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...
is mixed, with a strong element of the Byzantine text-type
Byzantine text-type
The Byzantine text-type is one of several text-types used in textual criticism to describe the textual character of Greek New Testament manuscripts. It is the form found in the largest number of surviving manuscripts, though not in the oldest...
. 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.
History
Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 10th century.According to C. R. Gregory it was acquired from Eastern Asia-Minor or Armenia. Gregory gave full text of the codex.
The codex is located at the Austrian National Library
Austrian National Library
The Austrian National Library , is the largest library in Austria, with 7.4 million items in its collections. It is located in the Hofburg Palace in Vienna; since 2005 some of the collections are located in the baroque Palais Mollard-Clary...
, (Suppl. Gr. 121), in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
.
Further reading
- C. R. GregoryCaspar René GregoryCaspar René Gregory was a American-born German theologian theologian.-Life:Gregory was born in Philadelphia. He studied theology at two Presbyterian seminaries: in 1865-67 at the University of Pennsylvania and at Princeton Theological Seminary...
, Textkritik des Neuen Testamentes I (Leipzig, 1900), p. 81; III (Leipzig, 1909), pp. 1066-1074. - S. Porter, New Testament Greek Papyri and Parchments, Vienna 2008, pp. 162-186.
- 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. 117-124. [text of the codex in the Gospel of John]
External links
- Uncial 0105 at the Wieland Willker, "Textual Commentary"