Codex Tischendorfianus I Explained

Codex Tischendorfianus I, designated as Uncial 0106 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 40 (Soden), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. It is dated palaeographically to the 7th century. The manuscript is fragmentary.

Description

The codex contains a small part of the Gospel of Matthew 12:17-19.23-25; 13:32; 13:36-15:26 on five elegant parchment leaves (30cm (10inches) by 22cm (09inches)). It is written in one column per page, 20 lines per page, in large uncial letters.^[1] The writing is elegant, it uses breathings and accents. The letters are leaned into right.^[2]

The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters). There is also another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons.^[2]

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 7th century.^{[1] [3]}

The manuscript was brought by Constantin von Tischendorf in 1845 and in 1853 from Sinai. Tischendorf edited its text in Monumenta sacra inedita.^{[4] [5]}

The codex is divided, and located in three places:

• Russian National Library (Gr. 16, 1 f.) in Saint Petersburg — Matt. 12:17-19.23-25
• Universitätsbibliothek (Cod. Gr. 7, 4 ff.), in Leipzig — Matt. 13:46-55 (Leipziger Blätter) brought by Tischendorf from the east in 1845^[6]
• Selly Oak College (Mingana Chr. Arab. 93) in Birmingham.^[1]

Uncial 0119

From the same manuscript originated four other leaves now catalogued as Uncial 0119. It was discovered by J. Rendel Harris at Sinai, who examined it.^[7] Hermann von Soden designed it as ε 63. It is still housed in the Saint Catherine's Monastery (Sinai Harris 8, 56,8 ff.) on the Sinai peninsula.

The Greek text of this codex is a mixture of text-type. Aland placed it in Category III.^[1]

See also

• List of New Testament uncials
• Textual criticism

Further reading

• C. Tischendorf, Monumenta sacra inedita, sive, Reliquiae antiquissimae textus Novi Testamenti Graeci : ex novem plus mille annorum codicibus per Europam dispersis (Leipzig: 1846), p. 9-10.
• C. Tischendorf, Monumenta sacra inedita, nova collectio, Vol. II. Fragmenta Evangelii Lucae et Libri Genesis ex tribus codicibus graecis quinti sexti octavi saeculi (Leipzig: 1857), p. 321.

External links

• Uncial 0106 at the Wieland Willker, "Textual Commentary"

Notes and References

1. Book: Aland, Kurt . Kurt Aland . Aland, Barbara . Barbara Aland . Rhodes, Errol F. (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 . 121 . limited . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
2. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . 1 . Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 87 .
3. Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 21 April 2011 . Münster.
4. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 88 .
5. Web site: Tischendorf.IV.Monumenta Sacra Inedita.NewCollection.Subscript.6vols.1857-1870..
6. Tischendorf, Novum Testamentum Graece. Editio Septima, Lipsiae 1859, p. CLVIII.
7. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 96 .