| New Testament manuscript | |
| Name | Codex Barberini |
|---|---|
| Text | Gospel of John |
| Date | 8th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Barberini 17th |
| Now at | Vatican Library |
| Size | 29 x 18.5 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
Uncial 054 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 59 (Soden),[1] also known as Codex Barberini, is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 8th century.[2]
The codex contains part of the Gospel of John (16:3-19:41), with a commentary on 6 parchment leaves (29 cm by 18.5 cm). It is written in one column per page, 36 lines per page,[2] in about 27 letters in line. The letters are small, the parchment is thick, the ink is brown. It contains lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical service).[3]
The text is divided according to the Ammonian Sections, whose numbers are given in the margin of the text, but without references to the Eusebian Canons.[4]
It belongs to the same manuscript to which minuscule codex 392 belongs (folios 7-391).
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type, with some non-Byzantine readings. Aland, with some hesitation, placed it in Category V.[2]
Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 8th century.[5]
It was found in the 17th century by Cardinal Francesco Barberini (hence name of the codex).[4] It was examined by Scholz. The text of the codex was published by Tischendorf in 1846 (Monumenta sacra).[6]
The codex is now located in the Vatican Library (Barberini Gr. 521, fol. 1-6).[2][5]