Uncial 085 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 23 (Soden), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated palaeographically to the 6th century.^[1]

Description

The codex contains two small parts of the Gospel of Matthew 20:3-32; 22:3-16 on 3 parchment leaves (24 cm by 21 cm). Written in two columns per page, 27 lines per page (size of text 17 by 13.5 cm).^[1][2]

The letters are similar to Coptic. The pages are numbered in the same way as Coptic manuscripts.^[2]

Text

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type with some alien readings. According to some authorities the text has mixed character. Kurt Aland placed it in Category II.^[1]

Matthew 20:23

phrase και το βαπτισμα ο εγω βαπτιζομαι βαπτισθησεσθε (and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with) omitted, as in codices Sinaiticus, B, D, L, Z, Θ, f¹, f¹³, it, syr^{s, c}, cop^sa.^[3]

History

It is dated by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research to the 6th century.^[1][4] The manuscript was written in a Coptic monastery.^[2]

The codex used to be in Cairo. It is now located at the Russian National Library (Gr. 714) in Saint Petersburg.^[1]