Uncial 0127 Explained

Uncial 0127 (in the Gregory - Aland numbering), ε 54 (Soden),^[1] is a bilingual Greek–Coptic uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated palaeographically to the 8th century.

Description

The codex contains a small part of the John 2:2-11, on one parchment leaf . The text is written in two columns per page, 22 lines per page,^[2] 6-9 letters in line, in large uncial letters.^[3]

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the mixed text-type. Aland placed it in Category III.^[2]

Probably it was written in Egypt. It was found in the White Monastery in Egypt.^[4]

Formerly it was designated by siglum T^q.^[3] In 1908 Gregory gave siglum 0127 to it.^[1]

It is dated by the INTF to the 8th century.^[5]

The codex is located now at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Copt. 129,10 fol. 207) in Paris.^{[2] [5]}

See also

• List of New Testament uncials
• Textual criticism
• Uncial 0128

Further reading

• E. Amélineau, Notice des manuscrits coptes de la Bibliothèque Nationale (Paris: 1895), pp. 373–374, 408–409.
• Hermann von Soden, "Die Schriften des Neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte", Verlag von Arthur Glaue, Berlin 1902-1910, p. 72.
• U. B. Schmid, D. C. Parker, W. J. Elliott, The Gospel according to St. John: The majuscules (Brill 2007), pp. 129–130. [text of the codex]

Notes and References

1. Book: Gregory, Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament . 1908 . J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung . Leipzig . 41.
2. 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 . 122 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
3. Book: Gregory, Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J. C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 72 .
4. http://www.trismegistos.org/ldab/text.php?tm=61685 LDAB
5. Web site: Liste Handschriften. Institute for New Testament Textual Research. 21 April 2011. Münster.