Uncial 0177 Explained

Uncial 0177 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek-Coptic uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 10th-century.

Description

The codex contains a small part of the Gospel of Luke 1:73-2:7 (Greek) and Luke 1:59-73 (Coptic), on one parchment leaf (36 cm by 27.5 cm). It is written in two columns per page, 36 lines per page, in uncial letters.^[1] The parchment is ivory coloured.^[2]

The nomina sacra are written in an abbreviated way.^[3]

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Western text-type. It contains many scribal peculiarities. Aland placed it in Category II.

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 10th-century.^[4]

The codex currently is housed at the Papyrus Collection of the Austrian National Library (Pap. K. 2698) in Vienna.

See also

• List of New Testament uncials
• Coptic versions of the Bible
• Textual criticism

Further reading

• Walter Till, Papyrussammlung der Nationalbibliothek in Wien: Katalog der Koptischen Bibelstücke. Der Pergamente, ZNW 39 (1940), pp. 1–56.
• Stanley E. Porter, New Testament Greek Papyri and Parchments, Vienna 2008, pp. 117–123.

External links

• Web site: Uncial 0177 (GA) . Münster Institute - INTF . January 13, 2012 . Münster. – digitized manuscript
• Uncial 0177 at the Wieland Willker, "Textual Commentary"

Notes and References

1. Book: Aland , Kurt . Kurt Aland

   . 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 . 124 . limited . 978-0-8028-4098-1.

2. S. Porter, New Testament Greek Papyri and Parchments, Vienna 2008, p. 117.
3. S. Porter, New Testament Greek Papyri and Parchments, Vienna 2008, p. 118.
4. Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 23 April 2011 . Münster.