Uncial 078 Explained

Uncial 078 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 15 (Soden), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 6th century. It is a palimpsest.

Description

The codex contains a small parts of the Matthew 17:22-18:3.11-19; 19:5-14; Luke 18:14-25; John 4:52-5:8; 20:17-26 on 6 parchment leaves (27 cm by 20 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 22 lines per page.

It is a palimpsest, the upper text was written in the 10th century in Georgian language.^[1]

The Greek text of this codex was influenced by the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category III.^[1]

Tischendorf deciphered text of the palimpsest.^[2] David C. Parker gave a new reconstruction of the text of the Gospel of John.

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

The codex is located now at the Russian National Library (Suppl. Gr. 13, fol. 1-7) in Saint Petersburg.^[1]

See also

• List of New Testament uncials
• Textual criticism

Further reading

• C. Tischendorf, Monumenta sacra inedita (J.C. Hinrichs, Bibliopola: Leipzig: 1855), pp. XII-XIX, 5-10.
• U. B. Schmid, D. C. Parker, W. J. Elliott, The Gospel according to St. John: The majuscules (Brill 2007), pp. 66-68. [text of the codex in the Gospel of John]

External links

• Uncial 078 at the Wieland Willker, "Textual Commentary"

Notes and References

1. 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 . 120 . limited . 978-0-8028-4098-1.

2. [Constantin von Tischendorf|C. Tischendorf]
3. Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 21 April 2011 . Münster.