Codex Petropolitanus (New Testament) Explained

Codex Petropolitanus (Russian, "Петербургский кодекс" Peterburgskiy Kodeks), designated by Π or 041 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 73 (von Soden),^[1] is a Greek uncial manuscript of the Gospels, dated palaeographically to the 9th-century. The manuscript is lacunose.

Description

The codex contains an almost complete text of the four Gospels on 350 parchment leaves (14.5 cm by 10.5 cm) with some lacunae in Matt 3:12-4:17; 19:12-20:2; Luke 1:76-2:18; John 6:15-35; 8:6-39; 9:21-10:3. Texts of Mark 16:18-20 and John 21:22-25 were supplied by minuscule hand in the 12th-century.^[2]

The text is written in one column per page, 21 lines per page.^[3] The letters are small, with breathings, and accents.^[2]

The tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια before each Gospel. The text is divided according to the Ammonian Sections with a references to the Eusebian Canons.^[4]

The texts of John 5:4 and 8:3-6 are marked by an asterisk (manuscript is lacunae from v6 from κύψας to after τέκνα in 8:39).

Text

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type, in close relationship to the Codex Alexandrinus,^[5] and other later uncials.^[4] Together with Codex Cyprius it belongs to the textual family Π.^{[6] [7]} Aland placed it in Category V.

Luke 9:55-56

στραφεις δε επετιμησεν αυτοις και ειπεν, Ουκ οιδατε ποιου πνευματος εστε υμεις; ο γαρ υιος του ανθρωπου ουκ ηλθεν ψυχας ανθρωπων απολεσαι αλλα σωσαι (but He turned and rebuked them and He said: "You do not know what manner of spirit you are of; for the Son of man came not to destroy men's lives but to save them) — as in codices Codex Cyprius 1079 1242 1546 (f¹ omit γαρ) (Θ f¹³ omit υμεις and γαρ).^[8]

History

FoundThe manuscript belonged to the family Parodi in Smyrna. It was brought by Tischendorf in 1859.

Present location The codex is located in the National Library of Russia (Gr. 34) in Saint Petersburg.^[9]

See also

• List of New Testament uncials
• Codex Petropolitanus (disambiguation)
• Textual criticism

Further reading

• C. v. Tischendorf, Notitia editionis codicis Bibliorum Sinaitici, 1860, pp. 51 f.
• Silva Lake, Family Π and the Codex Alexandrinus: The Text According to Mark, S & D V (London 1937).
• J. Greelings, Family Π in Luke, S & D XXII (Salt Lake City, 1962).
• R. Champlin, Family Π in Matthew, S & D XXIV (Salt Lake City, 1964).
• Book: Bousset, Wilhelm. Wilhelm Bousset. Die Gruppe K Π (M) in den Evangelien. November 14, 2010. Texte und Untersuchungen. 11. 1894. Leipzig. 111–135.

External links

• • Codex Petropolitanus Π (041): at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism.
• Codex Petropolitanus Π (041): at the Russian National Library.

Notes and References

1. Book: Gregory, Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament . 1908 . J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung . Leipzig . 36.
2. Book: Gregory, Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 92 .
3. Book: Aland , Kurt . Kurt Aland . Aland . Barbara . Barbara Aland . Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) . The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism . . 1995 . Grand Rapids . 118 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
4. Book: Scrivener . Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4th . 1 . 163 .
5. Book: . The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration . Oxford University Press . 2005 . 83–84 . 978-0195161229.
6. [Silva Tipple New Lake|Silva Lake]
7. Book: Wisse , Frederik . The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke . . 1982 . Grand Rapids . 52 . 0-8028-1918-4 . registration .
8. UBS3, p. 248.
9. Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 16 March 2013 . Münster.