Codex Sinopensis
| Uncial 023 | |
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| Page from the Codex | |
| Surname | Sinopensis |
| character | O |
| text | Gospel of Matthew |
| language | Greek |
| date | 6th century |
| Storage location | Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| size | 30 × 25 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text type |
| category | V |
The Codex Sinopensis ( Gregory-Aland -Sigel: O or 023 ) is an illuminated Gospel manuscript that dates to the 6th century and is now mostly in Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale , Suppl. Gr. 1286, is kept. The codex was named after the port city of Sinop in northern Anatolia , where the manuscript was found in 1899.
The manuscript consists of the Gospel according to Matthew on 44 sheets of parchment with numerous gaps . It has a format of 30 × 25 cm. The text is in a column with 15 lines each.
Together with the Vienna Genesis and the Codex purpureus Rossanensis , the codex is counted among the early Byzantine purple manuscripts, the manuscripts probably originated at the same time in the same place. In contrast to the Vienna manuscript, which contains the Book of Genesis , the other two codices are Gospel manuscripts .
The Greek text of the Codex represents the Byzantine text and is assigned to Category V.
literature
sorted by year of publication
- Harry Stovell Cronin: Codex Chrysopurpureus Sinopensis , In: The Journal of Theological Studies 2, 1900-1901, pp. 590-600.
- Henri Omont : Notice sur un très ancien manuscrit grec de l'évangile de saint Matthieu ... In: Notices et extraits des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Nationale et autres bibliothèques Vol. 36, 2, 1901, pp. 599–675.
- André Grabar : Les peintures de l'Évangéliaire de Sinope (Bibliothıeque nationale., Suppl. Gr. 1286). Paris 1948.
- Petra Sevrugian: The Rossano Codex and the Sinope Fragments. Miniatures and theology = manuscripts for art history in the Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft 35. Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft , Worms 1990. ISBN 978-3-88462-934-5
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c 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. Stuttgart: German Bible Society 1989, ISBN 3-438-06011-6 , p. 122.
