Uncial 078

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Uncial 078
Russian National Library
Size27 x 20 cm
Typemixed
CategoryIII

Uncial 078 (in the

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.[1]

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

References

  1. ^ .
  2. ^ C. Tischendorf, Monumenta sacra inedita (Leipzig: 1855), pp. XII-XIX, 5-10.
  3. ^ "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 21 April 2011.

Further reading

External links

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