- Uncial 085
New Testament manuscript infobox
form=Uncial
number="'085"
isize=
caption=
name=
sign=
text=Gospel of Matthew 20:3-32; 22:3-16
script= Greek
date= 6th century
found=
now at=Russian National Library
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size= 24 x 21 cm
type=Alexandrian text-type
cat= II
hand=
note=Uncial 085 (Gregory-Aland), is a Greek
uncial manuscript of theNew Testament , dated paleographically to the 6th century. The codex contains two small parts of theGospel 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.The codex formerly was in
Cairo . Now is located inRussian National Library (Gr. 714) inSaint Petersburg .The Greek text of this
codex is a representative of theAlexandrian text-type with some allien readings. According some authorities the text has mixed character. Aland placed it in Category II.See also
*
List of New Testament uncials
*Textual criticism References
* 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", transl. Erroll F. Rhodes, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1995, p. 120.
External links
* [http://www.skypoint.com/members/waltzmn/ManuscriptsUncials.html#u085 At the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism]
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