Uncial 052

Summary

Codex Athous Panteleimon, designated by 052 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), and known as Uncial 052, is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. It is dated paleographically to the 10th century.

Uncial 052
New Testament manuscript
NameCodex Athous Panteleimon
TextRevelation of John
Date10th century
ScriptGreek
Now atMonastery of St Panteleimon
Size29.5 x 23 cm
TypeByzantine text-type
CategoryV

Description edit

The codex contains incomplete text of Revelation of John (7:16-8:12), with a commentary of Andreas's (see Uncial 051), on 4 parchment leaves (29.5 by 23 cm). The text was written in two columns per page, 27 lines per page.[1]

The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margins, and the τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also another division according to the λογοι.[2]

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[1] The text was collated and edited by Herman C. Hoskier.

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 10th century.[3]

The codex is located on Mount Athos in the library of the Monastery of St Panteleimon (99,2).[1][3]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c 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. 118. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  2. ^ C. R. Gregory, Textkritik des Neuen Testaments III (Leipzig, 1909), p. 1046.
  3. ^ a b "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 21 April 2011.

Further reading edit

  • C. R. Gregory, Textkritik des Neuen Testaments III (Leipzig, 1909), p. 1046.
  • Herman C. Hoskier, Concerning the Text of the Apocalypse (London, 1929), p. 5.