New Testament manuscript | |
Text | Gospel of Matthew 20:3-32; 22:3-16 |
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Date | 6th century |
Script | Greek |
Now at | Russian National Library |
Size | 24 x 21 cm |
Type | Alexandrian text-type |
Category | II |
Uncial 085 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 23 ( Soden), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated palaeographically to the 6th century. [1]
The codex contains two small parts of the Gospel of Matthew 20:3-32; 22:3-16 on 3 parchment leaves (24 cm by 21 cm). Written in two columns per page, 27 lines per page (size of text 17 by 13.5 cm). [1] [2]
The letters are similar to Coptic. The pages are numbered in the same way as Coptic manuscripts. [2]
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type with some alien readings. According to some authorities the text has mixed character. Kurt Aland placed it in Category II. [1]
Matthew 20:23
It is dated by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research to the 6th century. [1] [4] The manuscript was written in a Coptic monastery. [2]
The codex used to be in Cairo. It is now located at the Russian National Library (Gr. 714) in Saint Petersburg. [1]
New Testament manuscript | |
Text | Gospel of Matthew 20:3-32; 22:3-16 |
---|---|
Date | 6th century |
Script | Greek |
Now at | Russian National Library |
Size | 24 x 21 cm |
Type | Alexandrian text-type |
Category | II |
Uncial 085 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 23 ( Soden), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated palaeographically to the 6th century. [1]
The codex contains two small parts of the Gospel of Matthew 20:3-32; 22:3-16 on 3 parchment leaves (24 cm by 21 cm). Written in two columns per page, 27 lines per page (size of text 17 by 13.5 cm). [1] [2]
The letters are similar to Coptic. The pages are numbered in the same way as Coptic manuscripts. [2]
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type with some alien readings. According to some authorities the text has mixed character. Kurt Aland placed it in Category II. [1]
Matthew 20:23
It is dated by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research to the 6th century. [1] [4] The manuscript was written in a Coptic monastery. [2]
The codex used to be in Cairo. It is now located at the Russian National Library (Gr. 714) in Saint Petersburg. [1]