The Nitrian Codex ( Latin Codex Nitriensis ; symbol: R or 027 ) is a sixth-century uncial manuscript in Greek language containing the text of the Gospel of Luke with gaps, on 48 parchment sheets (29.5 x 23.5 cm). Palimpsest . In the 8th – 9th centuries, a Syrian treatise of Sevir of Antioch was written on top of the gospel text [1] . The name of the manuscript comes from the Nitrian desert in Egypt .
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| Title | Nitriensis |
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| Text | Luke's Gospel |
| Language | Greek language |
| date of | 8th century |
| Right now in | British library |
| The size | 29.5 × 23.5 cm |
| Type of | Byzantine type of text |
| Category | V |
Content
- 1 Composition
- 2 Features of the manuscript
- 3 History
- 4 See also
- 5 notes
- 6 Literature
- 7 References
Composition
Luke 1.1-13 1.69-2.4; 2.16-27; 4.38-5.5; 5.25-6.8; 6.18-36; 6.39; 6.49-7.22; 7.44; 7.46; 7.47; 7.50; 8.1-3; 8.5-15; 8.25-9.1; 9.12-43; 10.3-16; 11.5-27; 12.4-15; 12.40-52; 13.26-14.1; 14.12-15.1; 15.13-16.16; 17.21-18.10; 18.22-20.20; 20.33-47; 21.12-22.6; 22.8-15; 22.42-56; 22.71-23.11; 23.38-51.
Manuscript Features
The text on the sheet is located in two columns. The Greek text of the manuscript reflects the Byzantine type of text . The manuscript is assigned to the 5th category of Alanda . [one]
History
On top of the Gospel text of the manuscript in the VIII-IX centuries, a Syrian treatise of Sevir of Antioch was written. The manuscript was found in 1847 in the monastery of St. Mary of God, in the Nitrian desert (110 km northwest of Cairo ). Together with other manuscripts was brought to England . The text of the manuscript was published by Tischendorf in 1857 .
The manuscript is currently stored in the British Library in London (Add. 17211) [1] .
See also
- List of Unified Manuscripts of the New Testament
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 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. 113.
Literature
- K. Tischendorf, "Monumenta sarca inedita" II (Leipzig, 1857), pp. XIV-XXII, 1-92.
- Bruce M. Metzger , Bart D Ehrman , The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration , Oxford University Press , 2005, pp. 79-80.
Links
- R. Waltz, Codex Nitriensis R (027) , Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism