Uncial 091
New Testament manuscript
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Uncial 091 in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 30 (Soden),[1] is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 6th-century.[2]
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | John 6 † |
|---|---|
| Date | 6th-century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Russian National Library |
| Size | 32 x 28 cm |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | II |
Description
The codex contains a small parts of the Gospel of John 6:13-14.22-24, on one parchment leaf (32 cm by 28 cm).[2] The leaf survived in 3/4. The text is written in two columns per page, 23 lines per page, in large uncial letters. Letter iota is written with diaeresis.[3]
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type with some alien readings. Aland placed it in Category II.[2]
In John 6:23 the reading ευχαριστησαντος του κυριου (the Lord had given thanks) is omitted, as in codices D, a, d, e, syrc, syrs, arm, geo1.[4]
Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 6th-century.[2][5]
The codex now is located at the Russian National Library (Gr. 279)[6] in Saint Petersburg.[2]
