Codex Vaticanus Graecus 2061
| Uncial 048 | |
|---|---|
| Surname | Codex Vaticanus 2061 |
| text | Acts, Catholic letters, Pauline letters |
| language | Greek |
| date | 5th century |
| Storage location | Vatican library |
| size | 30 × 27 cm |
| Type | Alexandrian text type |
| category | II |
| note | close to Codex A |
The Codex Vaticanus 2061 ( Gregory-Aland No. 048; von Soden α 1) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament , which is dated to the 5th century. It used to be called Codex Basilianus 100 , even earlier Codex Patriniensis 27 .
description
The manuscript includes almost the entire book of Acts , Catholic letters , Pauline letters on 21 parchment sheets (from the original 316). It has a format of 30 × 27 cm. The text is in three columns with 40–41 lines and 12–15 letters per line. The letters are just round and square. Spiritus asper , Spiritus lenis and accents seem to be missing. Euthalian apparatus are also missing.
The manuscript is a palimpsest that has been overwritten twice . The biblical text was first headed with homilies of John Chrysostom : in lotionem pedum; in sanctum Sabbatam; de proditone Iudae; in sanctum Thoma; in ascensionem. Once again it was overwritten with texts by Gregor von Nazianz .
text
The Greek text of the Codex represents the Alexandrian text type . It is assigned to category II . The manuscript is close to the Codex Alexandrinus .
history
At the end of the 17th century the manuscript was kept in the monastery of St. Mary of Patire near Rossano in Calabria .
The codex is kept in the Vatican Apostolic Library (Gr. 2061) in Rome .
See also
- List of uncial manuscripts of the New Testament
- Codex Vaticanus Graecus 354
- Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Kurt and Barbara Aland: The text of the New Testament. Introduction to the scientific editions as well as the theory and practice of modern textual criticism . German Bible Society, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-438-06011-6 , p. 123.
- ↑ a b c d C. R. Gregory : Textual Critique of the New Testament . Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 121.
- ↑ http://www.trismegistos.org/ldab/text.php?tm=%20144136 Entry in the Leuven Database of Ancient Books.
- ↑ Frederic G. Kenyon: Handbook to the Textual Criticism of the New Testament . 2nd Edition. London 1912, p. 122.
literature
- Pierre Batiffol , "L'Abbaye de Rossano" (Paris, 1891), pp. 62, 71-74.
- D. Heath: The Text of Manuscript Gregory 048 (Vatican Greek 2061) . Taylor University 1965.
- Caspar René Gregory : Textual Criticism of the New Testament . Volume 1, Leipzig 1900, pp. 104-105.
Web links
- Codex Vaticanus 2061 (Uncial 048) : in the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism