Uncial 0233 Explained

Uncial 0233 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. The manuscript paleographically had been assigned to the 8th-century.

Description

It contains a text of the four Gospels, on 93 parchment leaves (27 by 21 cm), with some lacunae. The text is written in two columns per page, 23-27 lines per page.[1]

It is a palimpsest, the upper text was written in a minuscule hand, it is a Lectionary 1684. In result the manuscript has two texts of the New Testament, and it is classified on two different lists: on the list of uncials and on the list of lectionaries.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type heavily interpolated by the Byzantine readings. Kurt Aland placed it in Category III (with the profile of 471, 232, 31/2, 5s).[1]

Textual variants(The words before the bracket are of UBS edition, the words after the bracket are the readings of the codex).
  • Matthew 2:21 – εισηλθεν ] ηλθεν (went) — D, L, W, 0250, f1, f13, ℳ[2]
  • Matthew 6:13 – it contains doxology[3]
  • Matthew 11:2 – Χριστου ] Ιησου (supported by Codex Bezae, 1424, 241, and other)[4]

    History

    It is dated by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research to the 8th-century.[1] [5]

    The manuscript was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Kurt Aland in 1954.[6]

    The codex used to be housed at the Bible Museum Münster (MS. 1), in the University of Münster.

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    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 . 126 . limited . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
    2. NA26, p. 5.
    3. NA26, p. 13.
    4. NA26, p. 27
    5. Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 18 December 2015 . Münster.
    6. Book: Kurt Aland . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechieschen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments . Berlin . Walter de Gruyter . 1963 . 10.