Uncial 0133 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 83 (Soden), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 9th century.[1] Formerly it was labelled by Wg.[2]
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Name | Codex Blenheimius |
|---|---|
| Text | Matthew †; Mark † |
| Date | 9th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Abbott 1881 |
| Now at | British Library |
| Size | 33 x 26 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
Description
editThe codex contains a parts of the Matthew 1:1-14; 5:3-19; 23:9-25:30; 25:43-26:26; 26:50-27:16; Mark 1:1-43; 2:21-5:1; 5:29-6:22; 10:51-11:13,[3] on 29 parchment leaves (33 cm by 26 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 20 lines per page,[1] in large uncial letters.[2]
It contains numbers of the κεφαλαια (chapters), τιτλοι (titles), the Ammonian Sections (not Eusebian Canons).[4] It is very hard to read.
It is a palimpsest, the upper text is a menaeon (see Uncial 094, Uncial 0120). Formerly to this codex were included Uncial 0271, 0272 and 0273 (because of similarities).
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[1]
In Matthew 5:11 οι ανθρωποι along with g1, q, vgs, syrs,c; it has also additional ρημα (as C, W, Θ, 0196).[5]
In Matthew 26:7 – βαρυτιμου along with B, W, 089, 0255, f1, f13, Byz; the other manuscripts read πολυτιμου (Sinaiticus, Alexandrinus, Bezae, Regius, Koridethi, 33, 565, 892, 1010 1424).[6]
History
editCurrently it is dated by the INTF to the 9th century.[7]
The text of menaion was written by Archbishop of Selymeria in 1431.[2] The manuscript was discovered in 1881 by Abbott and Mahaffy in Blenheim Palace. Gregory in 1883 found two leaves more.[4]
Puttick bought it in 1882 for the British Museum.[2]
The codex is located now at the British Library (Add MS 31919) in London.[1]
See also
edit
References
edit- ^ a b c d Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ^ a b c d Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testamentes. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. pp. 79–80.
- ^ Kurt Aland, Synopsis Quattuor Evangeliorum. Locis parallelis evangeliorum apocryphorum et patrum adhibitis edidit, Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart 1996, p. XXIV.
- ^ a b Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 166.
- ^ NA26, p. 9.
- ^ NA26, p. 75.
- ^ "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
Further reading
edit- T.K. Abbott, On An Uncial Palimpsest Evangelistarium, Hermathena V (Dublin, 1885), p. 146-150.
- J. P. Mahaffy, An uncial MS of the Gospels, Athenaeum (London, 2 July 1881).
- Hermann von Soden, "Die Schriften des Neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte," Verlag von Arthur Glaue, Berlin 1902, pp. 79–80.