Uncial 0205
Codex 0205 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering). It is a diglot Greek-Coptic (Sahidic) uncial manuscript of the Epistle to Titus and the Epistle to Philemon, dated paleographically to the 8th century (J. M. Plumley proposed 7th or 6th-century).
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Epistle to Titus † |
|---|---|
| Date | 8th-century |
| Script | Greek, Coptic diglot |
| Now at | Cambridge University Library |
| Size | 32 x 22.5 cm |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | II |
Description
The uncial 0205 was possibly a complete codex of the Pauline epistles, of which only 2 leaves survived (32 cm by 22.5 cm). Each page contains two parallel columns with 35 lines, and 12-13 letters per line. The codex is written in Greek and Coptic, but it is not a genuine diglot manuscript. On the first page, the first column and the first seven lines of the second column contains Titus 2:15b-3:7 in Greek. At this point the Coptic text begins with Titus 2:11 and continues to the end of Philemon. The Greek represents only 15% of the text of the manuscript.[1]
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category II.[2]
Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 8th century.[2][3] It was found in White Monastery.[4]
The manuscript was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Ernst von Dobschütz in 1933.[5][6]
J. K. Elliott from University of Leeds published description of its text and facsimile.[1]
The codex is located in the Cambridge University Library (Or. 1699 II x).[2][3]
References
- J. K. Elliott, A. Greek – Coptic (Sahidic) fragment of Titus - Philemon (0205), Novum Testamentum XXXVI, 2 (1994), pp. 183-195.
- 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. 125. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
- Codex 0205 (GA) LDAB
- Kurt Aland (1963). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechieschen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. p. 10.
- 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. 74. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
Further reading
- J. Keith Elliott, A. Greek – Coptic (Sahidic) fragment of Titus - Philemon (0205), Novum Testamentum XXXVI, 2 (1994), pp. 183-195.