Uncial 065 Explained

Uncial 065 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1 (Soden), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 6th century

Description

The codex contains a small parts of the John 11:50-12:9, 15:12-16:2, 19:11-24,^[1] on 3 parchment leaves (29 cm by 23 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 29 lines per page.

It is a palimpsest, the upper text contains a Georgian calendar.^[2]

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Kurt Aland placed it in Category V.^[2]

Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 6th century.^[3]

It was examined by Tischendorf, Kurt Treu, and Schmid.

It is currently housed at the Russian National Library (Suppl. Gr. 6, I) in Saint Petersburg.

See also

• List of New Testament uncials
• Textual criticism

Further reading

• Constantin von Tischendorf, Monumenta sacra et profana I, pp. XIII-XIX, 1-48.
• Kurt Treu, Die Griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments in der UdSSR; eine systematische Auswertung des Texthandschriften in Leningrad, Moskau, Kiev, Odessa, Tbilisi und Erevan, T & U 91 (Berlin, 1966), pp. 18-19.
• U. B. Schmid, D. C. Parker, W. J. Elliott, The Gospel according to St. John: The majuscules (Brill 2007), pp. 52-58. [text of the codex in the Gospel of John]

Notes and References

1. Kurt Aland, Synopsis Quattuor Evangeliorum. Locis parallelis evangeliorum apocryphorum et patrum adhibitis edidit, Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart 1996, p. XXIII.
2. Book: Kurt Aland

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

3. Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 21 April 2011 . Münster.