Codex Vaticanus Graecus 2066

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New Testament manuscripts
Papyri • Uncials • Minuscules • Lectionaries
Uncial 046
Surname Codex Vaticanus Graecus 2066
text epiphany
language Greek
date 10th century
Storage location Vatican library
size 27.5 x 19 cm
Type Byzantine
category V

The Codex Vaticanus Graecus 2066 ( Gregory-Aland no. 046; von Soden α 2070) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament , which is dated to the 10th century. Formerly Codex Basilianus .

description

The manuscript includes almost the entire Revelation of John on 20 sheets of parchment. It has a format of 27.5 × 19 cm. The text is in columns with one column with 35 lines, and about 36 letters per line. The letters lean to the right. The parchment is thick, the ink black-brown. Spiritus asper , Spiritus lenis , and accents from first hand.

The manuscript also contains writings by Basil the Great , Gregory of Nyssa , and other Church Fathers.

text

The Greek text of the Codex represents the Byzantine text type . It is assigned to category V. There are similarities to the minuscule 61 and the minuscule 69 .

history

The codex is kept in the Vatican Apostolic Library (Gr. 2066) in Rome .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Kurt and Barbara Aland: The text of the New Testament. Introduction to the scientific editions as well as to the theory and practice of modern text criticism , Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart 1981, p. 123. ISBN 3-438-06011-6 .
  2. ↑ a b c C. R. Gregory , "Text Critique of the New Testament" , Leipzig 1900, Vol. 1, p. 121.
  3. ↑ Bruce M. Metzger , Bart D. Ehrman , The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration , (Oxford University Press, 2005), p. 86.

bibliography

  • Konstantin von Tischendorf , Monumenta sacra inedita , Leipzig 1846, pp. 407–431.
  • Angelo Mai , Novum Testamentum Graece ex antiquissimo Codice Vaticano , (Rome, 1859).
  • Giuseppe Cozza , Ad editionem Apocalypseos s. Johannis ... Lipsiae anno 1869 evulgatam animadversionesa , (Rome, 1869).
  • Pierre Batiffol , "L'Abbaye de Rossano" (Paris, 1891), pp. 63.
  • CR Gregory, Text Criticism of the New Testament III (Leipzig: 1909), pp. 1046-1047.

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