Codex Athous Dionysiou
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| Uncial 045 | |
| Name | Athous Laurae |
|---|---|
| Sign | Ω |
| Text | Gospels |
| Date | 9th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Dionysiou monastery |
| Size | 22 x 16 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
| Note | close to codices E, U |
Codex Athous Dionysiou, designated by Ω or 045 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 61 (von Soden), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. The codex is dated paleographically to the 9th century.[1]
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[edit] Description
The codex contains almost a complete text of the four Gospels 259 thick parchment leaves (22 cm by 16 cm), with only one lacuna in Gospel of Luke 1:15-28.[2] Written in two columns per page, 19-22 lines per page,[1] 13-15 letters per line. Ink is brown. Letters are large, first lines in red ink. It contains lists of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, Ammonian Sections (Mark 234), Eusebian Canons, lectionary equipment on a margin, pictures, Synaxarion, Menologion, subscriptions, and στιχοι.[3] It contains breatings and accents.[3]
The text of Matthew 16:2b-3 and Luke 22:43-44 are marked by obelus.[3] It contains John 5:3.4, the Pericope Adulterae marked on a margin.[3]
[edit] Text
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type, in a close relationship to the Codex Basilensis and Codex Nanianus (Family E). According to Hermann von Soden it is one of the three oldest manuscripts that present the earliest variety of the Byzantine text-type.[2] Kurt Aland placed it in Category V.[1]
[edit] History
It was collated by Mary W. Winslow, and edited by Kirsopp Lake and Silva New.
The codex is located now, at the Dionysiou monastery (10) 55, in Athos.[1]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Kurt Aland, and Barbara Aland, The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism, transl. Erroll F. Rhodes, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1995, p. 118.
- ^ a b Bruce M. Metzger, Bart D. Ehrman, The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration, Oxford University Press, 2005, p. 86.
- ^ a b c d C. R. Gregory, „Textkritik des Neuen Testaments“, Leipzig 1900, Bd. 1, p. 95.
[edit] Further reading
- Collation
- Kirsopp Lake and Silva New, Six Collations of New Testament Manuscripts Harvard Theological Studies, XVII, (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1932; 2007), pp. 3-25.
- Articles
- Russell Champlin, Family E and Its Allies in Matthew (Studies and Documents, XXIII; Salt Lake City, UT, 1967).
- J. Greelings, Family E and Its Allies in Mark (Studies and Documents, XXXI; Salt Lake City, UT, 1968).
- J. Greelings, Family E and Its Allies in Luke (Studies and Documents, XXXV; Salt Lake City, UT, 1968).
- Frederik Wisse, Family E and the Profile Method, Biblica 51, (1970), pp. 67-75.
