- Uncial 079
New Testament manuscript infobox
form=Uncial
number="'079"
caption=
name=
sign=
text= Luke 7; 24
script= Greek
date= 6th century
found=
now at=Russian National Library
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size= 31 x 25 cm
type=
cat= III
hand=
note=Uncial 079 (Gregory-Aland), is a Greek
uncial manuscript of theNew Testament , dated paleographically to the 6th century. The codex contains a small part of theGospel of Luke 7:39-49; 24:10-19 on 2 leaves (31 cm by 25 cm). Written in two columns per page, 23 lines per page. It is apalimpsest , upper text was written in Georgian language.The codex now is located in
Russian National Library (Suppl. Gr. 13, fol. 8-10) inSaint Petersburg .The Greek text of this
codex was influenced bybyzantine text-type . Aland placed it in Category III.See also
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List of New Testament uncials
*Textual criticism References
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Kurt Aland , and Barbara Aland, "The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism", 1995, Grand Rapids, Michigan. p. 120.
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