Uncial 0118 Explained

Uncial 0118 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 62 (Soden); is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 8th century.

Description

The codex contains a small fragment of the Gospel of Matthew 11:27-28,^[1] on one parchment leaves (11 cm by 10 cm). It is written in 10 lines per page, in uncial letters.^[2] The letters are large and leaned into right; it has breathings and accents.^[3]

The text-type of the Greek text of this codex is unknown. Text is too brief to classify. Aland did not placed it in any Category.^[2]

ΟΥΔΕ]ΤΟΝ[ΠΡ]ΑΤΙΣΕΠΙΓΙΝΩΣΚΕΙ.ΕΙΜΗΟΥΣΚΑΙΩΕΑΝΒΟΥΛΗΤΑΙΟΥΣΑΠΟΚΑΛΥ[Ψ]ΑΙ.ΔΕΥΤΕΠΡΟΣΜΕΠΑΝΤΕΣΟΙΚΟΠΙΩΝΤΕΣΚΑΙΠΕΦΟΡΤΙΣΜΕ

History

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 8th century.^{[2] [4]}

The codex was found in the end of the 19th century by J. Rendel Harris in the Saint Catherine's Monastery,^[3] in Sinai peninsula, where is located to the present day (Sinai Harris 6).^[2]

See also

• List of New Testament uncials
• Textual criticism

Further reading

• J. Rendel Harris, Biblical Fragments from Mount Sinai (London, 1890), pp. X, 15.

Notes and References

1. Kurt Aland, Synopsis Quattuor Evangeliorum. Locis parallelis evangeliorum apocryphorum et patrum adhibitis edidit, Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart 1996, p. XXIV.
2. Book: Aland , Kurt . Kurt Aland . Aland . Barbara . Barbara Aland . Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) . The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism . . 1995 . Grand Rapids . 121 . limited . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
3. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 95 .
4. Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 21 April 2011 . Münster.