Uncial 055
New Testament manuscript
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Uncial 055 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 11th century. The codex contains a commentary with incomplete text of the four Gospels, on 303 parchment leaves (26 cm by 19.5 cm).[1]
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospels |
|---|---|
| Date | 11th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | National Library of France |
| Size | 26 x 19.5 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | none |
| Note | Commentary |
Description
The commentaries are placed in the Western order (Matthew, John, Luke, Mark). Three first Gospels used commentaries of Chrysostom, Gospel of Mark – Victorin's commentary.[2]
The text is written in one column per page, 37 lines per page.[1]
The manuscript is written in semi-uncial variously listed as an uncial and a minuscule, is reported as "very peculiar in its style and beautifully written". Hermann von Soden did not include it in his catalog. According to some scholars it is a commentary rather, but not a manuscript of New Testament.
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type, but Aland did not placed it in any Category.[1] It is one of very few uncial manuscripts not cited in Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece.
History
Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 11th century.[3]
The manuscript was examined by Scholz, Burgon,[4] and Paulin Martin.[5] C. R. Gregory saw it in 1885.[2]
Formerly the manuscript was housed at the Dominus du Fresne.[2] Currently the codex is located at the National Library of France (Gr. 201) in Paris.[1]
