Uncial 052 Explained

Codex Athous Panteleimon, designated by 052 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), and known as Uncial 052, is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. It is dated paleographically to the 10th century.

Description

The codex contains incomplete text of Revelation of John (7:16-8:12), with a commentary of Andreas's (see Uncial 051), on 4 parchment leaves (29.5 by 23 cm). The text was written in two columns per page, 27 lines per page.[1]

The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margins, and the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also another division according to the λογοι.[2]

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[1] The text was collated and edited by Herman C. Hoskier.

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 10th century.[3]

The codex is located on Mount Athos in the library of the Monastery of St Panteleimon (99,2).[1] [3]

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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 . 118 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.

  2. C. R. Gregory, Textkritik des Neuen Testaments III (Leipzig, 1909), p. 1046.
  3. Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 21 April 2011 . Münster.