Uncial 093 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering),[1] is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated palaeographically to the 6th century.[2] Formerly it was designated by siglum ל.[1]
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Acts 24:22-25:5, 1 Pet 2:22-24; 3:1,3-7 |
|---|---|
| Date | 6th-century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Cambridge University Library |
| Size | 25 x 18 cm |
| Type | Byzantine, Alexandrian |
| Category | V, II |
Description
editThe codex contains a small parts of the Acts 24:22-25:5, and 1 Pet 2:22-24; 3:1,3-7, on two parchment leaves (25 cm by 18 cm).[2] According to C. R. Gregory it has 1½ leaves.[1]
The text is written in two columns per page, 24 lines per page, in uncial letters. It is a palimpsest, the upper text is in Hebrew.[2]
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type in the Acts, and the Alexandrian text-type in 1 Peter. Aland placed it in Category V in Acts, and in Category II in 1 Peter.[2]
Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 6th-century.[2][3]
It was found in Cairo in genizah. It was examined by C. Taylor.[4]
The codex now is located in the Cambridge University Library as a part of the Taylor-Schechter Collection (12,189; 12,208) in Cambridge.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 39.
- ^ a b c d e f 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. 120. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ^ "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ^ C. Taylor, Hebrew Greek Cairo Genizah Palimpsest from the Taylor-Schechter Collection including a fragment of the twenty-second Psalm according to Origen's Hexapla (Cambridge: 1900), pp. 94-96.
Further reading
edit- C. Taylor, Hebrew Greek Cairo Genizah Palimpsest from the Taylor-Schechter Collection including a fragment of the twenty-second Psalm according to Origen's Hexapla (Cambridge: 1900), pp. 94–96.