Uncial 076
Uncial 076 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α1008 (Soden), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated palaeographically to the 5th or 6th-century. Formerly it was labeled by יa.[1]
| New Testament manuscript | |
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| Text | Acts |
|---|---|
| Date | 5th /6th-century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Pierpont Morgan Library |
| Size | 17 x 15 cm |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | II |
Description
Survived only one parchment leaf (17 cm by 15 cm). The codex is written in two columns per page, 23 lines per page, 9-10 letters per line.[2] It contains a part of the Acts of the Apostles (2:11-22) with some missing words or letters.[1] It used breathings and accents. The nomina sacra are abbreviated. The Old Testament quotations are marked by inverted comma (>).
Text
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type with some alien readings. Aland placed it in Category II.[2] The most interesting readings occurs in 2:13 where fragment supports Codex Bezae against all other manuscripts.[3]
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θυ εξισταν το δε παντες |
τες [ι]λημ παν |
History
Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 5th or 6th century.[4]
The manuscript once belonged to Lord Amherst in Norfolk. In 1908/1909 Lord Amherst sold his library.[1]
The codex is located now in the Pierpont Morgan Library (Pap. G. 8) at New York City.[2]
References
- C. R. Gregory (1909). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 3. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 1061.
- 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. 120. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- B. P. Grenfell and A. S. Hunt, The Amherst Papyri, being an account of the Greek Papyri in the collection of Lord Amherst of Hackney at Didlington Hall, Norfolk I (London 1900), p. 42.
- "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 21 April 2011.