Uncial 091 Explained

Uncial 091 in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 30 (Soden),[1] is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 6th-century.[2]

Description

The codex contains a small parts of the Gospel of John 6:13-14.22-24, on one parchment leaf (32 cm by 28 cm).[2] The leaf survived in 3/4. The text is written in two columns per page, 23 lines per page, in large uncial letters. Letter iota is written with diaeresis.[3]

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type with some alien readings. Aland placed it in Category II.[2]

In John 6:23 the reading Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ευχαριστησαντος του κυριου (the Lord had given thanks) is omitted, as in codices D, a, d, e, syrc, syrs, arm, geo1.[4]

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 6th-century.[2] [5]

The codex now is located at the Russian National Library (Gr. 279)[6] in Saint Petersburg.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory

    . Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 39.

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

  3. [Caspar René Gregory|C. R. Gregory]
  4. UBS3, pp. 344-345
  5. Web site: Liste Handschriften. Institute for New Testament Textual Research. 11 April 2011. Münster.
  6. [Uncial 089]