Uncial 0151 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), X
21 (in the
Soden numbering),
[ ] is a
Greek uncial manuscript
A manuscript (abbreviated MS for singular and MSS for plural) was, traditionally, any document written by hand or typewritten, as opposed to mechanically printed or reproduced in some indirect or automated way. More recently, the term has ...
of the
New Testament
The New Testament (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus, as well as events relating to Christianity in the 1st century, first-century Christianit ...
. It is dated
paleographically to the 9th century.
Description
The codex contains the
Pauline epistles with some gaps (
lacunae), on 192 parchment leaves (34 cm by 25 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 33 lines per page, in large uncial letters. It contains a commentary.
[ ]
Epistle to the Hebrews is placed between
2 Thessalonians and
1 Timothy.
The Greek text of this
codex
The codex (: codices ) was the historical ancestor format of the modern book. Technically, the vast majority of modern books use the codex format of a stack of pages bound at one edge, along the side of the text. But the term ''codex'' is now r ...
is a representative of the
Byzantine text-type.
Aland placed it in
Category V.
Textually it is close to
Codex Mosquensis I.
Codex Mosquensis I Kap (018)
at the ''Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism''
C. R. Gregory dated it to the 12th century. Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 9th century.
See also
* List of New Testament uncials
A New Testament uncial is a section of the New Testament in Greek or Latin majuscule letters, written on parchment or vellum. This style of writing is called ''Biblical Uncial'' or ''Biblical Majuscule''.
New Testament uncials are distinct fr ...
* Textual criticism
Textual criticism is a branch of textual scholarship, philology, and literary criticism that is concerned with the identification of textual variants, or different versions, of either manuscripts (mss) or of printed books. Such texts may rang ...
References
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Greek New Testament uncials
9th-century biblical manuscripts