Uncial 0211 Explained

Uncial 0211 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 051 (Soden), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 7th century.^[1]

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels, on 258 parchment leaves (27 cm by 19.5 cm). Written in two columns per page, 8 lines per page, in uncial letters.^[1]

The text-type of this codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the K¹. Aland placed it in Category V.^[1]

According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual family K^x in Luke 1, in Luke 10 it has a mixture of the Byzantine families, in Luke 20 it has mixed text. In Luke 1 it belongs to the textual cluster 1213; it is related to the Codex Campianus in Luke 10 and Luke 20.^[2]

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 9th century.^{[1] [3]}

The manuscript was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Kurt Aland in 1953.^[4]

The codex is currently housed at the Georgian National Center of Manuscripts (Gr. 27) in Tbilisi, Georgia.^[1]

See also

• List of New Testament uncials
• Textual criticism

Further reading

• Book: Kurt Treu . Kurt Treu . Die Griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments in der USSR; eine systematische Auswertung des Texthandschriften in Leningrad, Moskau, Kiev, Odessa, Tbilisi und Erevan . T & U 91 . Akademie-Verlag . Berlin . 1966 . 349–351.

External links

• Wieland Willker, Uncial 0211 "Textual Commentary"
• Online images of Uncial 0211 at the CSNTM.

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 . 125 . limited . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
2. 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 .
3. Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 23 April 2024 . Münster.
4. Book: Kurt Aland . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechieschen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments . Berlin . Walter de Gruyter . 1963 . 10.