Uncial 068
Uncial 068 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 3 (Soden), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 5th century. Tischendorf designated it by Ib, Scrivener by Nb.[1] It has some marginalia.
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | John 13:16-27; 16:7-19 |
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| Date | 5th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | 1847, Nitrian desert |
| Now at | British Library |
| Size | 26 x 24 cm |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | III |
| Note | marginalia |
Description
The codex contains a fragments of the John 13:16-27; 16:7-19 (with lacunae), on 2 parchment leaves (26 cm by 24 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 18 lines per page in large uncial letters.[2][3] It has no capital letters.[1]
It is a double palimpsest, the Greek biblical text was overwritten twice in Syriac language, in the 9th century, and in the 10th or 11th century. It contains hymns of Severus in Syriac.[3] The Ammonian Sections are present, but the Eusebian Canons absent. It contains breathing and accents.[3] It has itacistic errors (e.g. κρεισεως in John 16:8).
- Contents
John 13:16-17.19-20.23-24.26-27; 16:7-9.12-13.15-16.18-19[4]
Text
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type, with some non-Alexandrian readings (e.g. J 16:12). Aland placed in Category III.[2]
- John 16:7-8,12-15
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- John 16:15-16.18-19
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History
Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 5th century.[5]
The manuscript was found in 1847 in the monastery at Nitrian Desert and brought to London.[3] It was examined and deciphered by Tregelles and Tischendorf (about the same time).[1]
- Location
The codex is now located at the British Library (Add MS 17136) in London.[2][5]
See also
- Double palimpsests
References
- Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 141.
- Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 119. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 54.
- Kurt Aland, Synopsis Quattuor Evangeliorum. Locis parallelis evangeliorum apocryphorum et patrum adhibitis edidit, Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart 1996, p. XXII.
- "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
Further reading
- Constantin von Tischendorf, Monumenta sacra et profana II (Leipzig: 1857), pp. 311-312.
- U. B. Schmid, D. C. Parker, W. J. Elliott, The Gospel according to St. John: The majuscules (Brill 2007), pp. 59-60. [text of the codex in new reconstruction]