Uncial 095 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 1002 ( Soden), is a Greek

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of the

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, dated paleographically to the 8th-century.

Description

The codex contains a small part of the

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2:45-3:8, on one parchment leaf (28 cm by 19 cm). The text is written in one column per page, 21 lines per page, in large uncial letters. The manuscript was part of the same codex to which Uncial 0123 belonged. It contains texts of Acts 2:22, 26-28, 45-3:2. 0123 was examined by de Muralt and cited by Tischendorf. Formerly it was classified as lectionary Apostolarion. It was labelled as 72^a by Scrivener, as 70^a by

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. The Greek text of this

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is mixed. Aland placed it in Category III.

Present location

Currently it is dated by the

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to the 8th-century.

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brought it from Sinai. The codex 095 is located now in the

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(Gr. 17). The codex 0123 has a catalogue number Gr. 49, 1-2, frag. in the same library in

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Uncial 095
at the ''Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Uncial 0095 Greek New Testament uncials 8th-century biblical manuscripts National Library of Russia collection

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