Uncial 067 Explained

Uncial 067 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 2 (Soden),^[1] is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 6th century.

Description

The codex contains a small part of the Matthew 14; Mark 9, 14, on 6 parchment leaves (20 cm by 15.5 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 24 lines per page. It is a palimpsest, the upper text was written in the 10th century it contains Georgian calendar.^[2]

The text of this codex contains:

Matthew 14:13-16.19-23; 24:37-25:1.32-45; 26:31-45; Mark 9:14-22; 14:58-70.^[3]

The Greek text of this codex is mixed, with a strong element of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category III.^[2]

History

Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 6th century.^[4]

Probably it was brought from Sinai.^[5] It was examined by Eduard de Muralt and Kurt Treu.

It is currently housed at the Russian National Library (Suppl. Gr. 6 III, fol. 8-9) in Saint Petersburg.^{[2] [4]}

See also

• List of New Testament uncials
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism
• Uncial 0321
• Uncial 0322

Further reading

• Constantin von Tischendorf, Monumenta sacra et profana I (Leipzig: 1846), pp. XIII-XIX, 1-48.
• Eduard de Muralt, Catalogue des manuscrits grecs de la Bibliothèque Impériale publique (Petersburg 1864), pp. 4–5.
• 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 (Berlin: 1966), pp. 22-24.

External links

• Uncial 067 at the Leuven Database of Ancient Books

Notes and References

1. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 38.
2. 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 . 119 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
3. Kurt Aland, Synopsis Quattuor Evangeliorum. Locis parallelis evangeliorum apocryphorum et patrum adhibitis edidit, Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart 1996, p. XXIII.
4. Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 21 April 2011 . Münster.
5. http://www.trismegistos.org/ldab/text.php?tm=128512 Leuven Database of Ancient Books