Uncial 080

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Uncial 080
text Mark. 9 and 10 (sketchy)
language Greek
date 6th century
Storage location St. Petersburg , Russian National Library , Gr. 375,3
Alexandria , Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, Ms. 496
size unknown
Type unknown
note Purple Codex

Uncial 080 (numbered after Gregory-Aland , von Soden ε 20) is a fragment of a Greek Gospel manuscript of the New Testament . It is palaeographically dated to the 6th century.

There are two leaves of parchment dyed purple , written in gold ink and containing parts from the Gospel according to Mark , 9 and 10. The text is written in two columns in 18 lines. The letters are large uncials , similar to those of the Codex Petropolitanus Purpureus . The original dimensions and the text type of the handwriting cannot be recognized.

The manuscript was found in Egypt in 1850 by the Russian researcher Porphyrius Uspenski. Today one sheet is in the Russian National Library in St. Petersburg , call number Cod. 275.3, and one in the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria , Ms. 496.

Web links

  • Unzial 080 List of manuscripts , Institute for New Testament Münster

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