Uncial 072
New Testament manuscript
TextMark
Date5th/6th century
ScriptGreek
Now atQubbat al-Khazna
Size20 x 15 cm
Typemixed
CategoryIII

Uncial 072 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 011 (Soden),[1][2] is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated palaeographically to the 5th/6th century.

Description

The codex contains a part of the Gospel of Mark (2:23-3:5), with only one parchment leaf (20 cm by 15 cm) surviving. The text is written in one column per page, 22 lines per page. It is a palimpsest. The upper text is Arabic.[3]

The Greek text of this codex is mixed. Aland placed it in Category III.[3]

It is dated by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research to the 5th or 6th century.[4]

The codex used to be located in Damascus, in Qubbat al-Khazna.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Hermann von Soden, Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte (Berlin 1902), vol. 1, p. 118.
  2. ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 39.
  3. ^ a b c Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  4. ^ "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
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