Uncial 0133 Explained

Uncial 0133 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 83 (Soden), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 9th century.[1] Formerly it was labelled by Wg.

Description

The codex contains a parts of the Matthew 1:1-14; 5:3-19; 23:9-25:30; 25:43-26:26; 26:50-27:16; Mark 1:1-43; 2:21-5:1; 5:29-6:22; 10:51-11:13,[2] on 29 parchment leaves (33 cm by 26 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 20 lines per page,[1] in large uncial letters.[3]

It contains numbers of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles), the Ammonian Sections (not Eusebian Canons). It is very hard to read.

It is a palimpsest, the upper text is a menaeon (see Uncial 094, Uncial 0120). Formerly to this codex were included Uncial 0271, 0272 and 0273 (because of similarities).

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[1]

In Matthew 5:11 οι ανθρωποι along with g1, q, vgs, syrs,c; it has also additional ρημα (as C, W, Θ, 0196).[4]

In Matthew 26:7 – βαρυτιμου along with B, W, 089, 0255, f1, f13, Byz; the other manuscripts read πολυτιμου (Sinaiticus, Alexandrinus, Bezae, Regius, Koridethi, 33, 565, 892, 1010 1424).[5]

History

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 9th century.[6]

The text of menaion was written by Archbishop of Selymeria in 1431.[3] The manuscript was discovered in 1881 by Abbott and Mahaffy in Blenheim Palace. Gregory in 1883 found two leaves more.[7]

Puttick bought it in 1882 for the British Museum.[3]

The codex is located now at the British Library (Add MS 31919) in London.[1]

See also

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. 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.
  2. Kurt Aland, Synopsis Quattuor Evangeliorum. Locis parallelis evangeliorum apocryphorum et patrum adhibitis edidit, Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart 1996, p. XXIV.
  3. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testamentes . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 79–80 .
  4. NA26, p. 9.
  5. NA26, p. 75.
  6. Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 21 April 2011 . Münster.
  7. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 166 .