Uncial 059 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 09 (Soden), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 4th or 5th century.

Description

The codex contains a part of the Gospel of Mark (15:29-38), on 1 parchment leaf (). The text is written in one column per page, 19 lines per page.

The leaf designated by 059 came from the same manuscript as 0215 (Mark 15:20-21,26-27).

Text

recto ΠΑ[ραπ]ΟΡΕΥ[ομεν]οι ΕΒΛΑΣΦΗΜΟΥΝ ΑΥΤΟΝ ΚΕΙ ΝΟΥΝΤΕΣΤΑΣΚΕΦΑΛΑΣΑΥΤΩ ΚΑΙΛΕΓΟΝΤΑΣ ΟΥΑ ΟΚΑΤΑΛΥ ΩΥΤΟΝ[ν]ΑΟΝΚΑΙΟΚΟΔΟΜΩ ΕΝΤΡΙΣΙΝΗΜΕΡΑΙΣΣΩΣΟΝΣΕ ΑΥΤΟΝ ΚΑΤΑΒΑΣΑΠΟΤΟΥΣΡΥ ΟΙΟΙΩΣΚΑΙΟΙΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΙΣΕΜ ΠΑΙΖΟΝΤΕΣΠΡΟΣΑΛΛΗΛΟΥΣ ΜΕΤΑΤΩΝΓΡΑΜ[μ]ΑΤΕΩΝΕ ΛΕΓΟΝ ΑΛ[λους εσωσεν]ΕΑΥ Τ[ον ου]ΔΥΝ[αται σωσαι ο]ΧΣ [erased κατ]Α[βατ]Ω [... ι]ΝΑΙΔΩΜΕ [και πιστευ]ΣΩ[μεν]ΚΑΙΟΙΣΥΝ [εσταυρωμενοι]ΑΥΤΩΩΝΕΙΔΙΖΟΝ [αυτον γ]ΕΝΟΜΕΝΗΣΩΡΑΣ [erased] verso ΕΦ[ολην]ΤΗΝ[εως ωρας] ΕΝΑΤΗΣ ΚΑΙΤΗΕΝΑΤΗΩΡΑ ΕΒΟΗΣΕΝΟΙΣΦΩΝΗΜΕΓΑΛΗ ΗΛΕΙΗΛΕΙ ΛΑΜΑΣΑΒΑ[χθα] ΝΕΙ ΟΕΣΤΙΝΜΕΘΕ[ρμηνευο] ΜΕΝΟΝ ΟΘΣΟΘΣΜΟΥΕΣΤΙ ΕΓΚΑΤΕΛΙΠΕΣ[μ]ΕΚΑΙΤΙΝΕΣ ΤΩΝΠΑΡΕΣΤΗ[κοτων ακου] ΣΑΝΤΕΣΕΛΕΓΟΝ[ιδου ηλιαν] ΦΩΝΕΙ .............. ΚΑΙ [γε] ΜΙ [σας ............. erased ] [....................................] [....................................] ΤΑΙΗΛΕΙ [ας καθελειν] οδεισα . [...................] ΕΞΕΙΠΝΕΝΥΣΕΝ .. [.......] ΤΑΣΜΑΤΟΥΝΑ

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category III.

History

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 4th or 5th century.

The manuscript was examined by Karl Wessely, Guglielmo Cavallo,G. Cavallo, Ricerche sulla maiuscola biblica (1967), pl.46b; and Pasquale Orsini.P. Orsini, Manoscritti in maiuscola biblica. Materiali per un aggiornamento, Cassino, Edizioni dell'Università degli Studi di Cassino, 2005 (Collana scientifica, Studi Archeologici, Artistici, Filologici, Letterari e Storici), 28. Gregory added it to the list of New Testament manuscripts.

The codex is located at the Austrian National Library, in Vienna. Leaf 059 has number of catalogue Pap. G. 39779, and leaf 0215 – Pap. G. 36112.

See also List of New Testament uncials Textual criticism

References

Further reading

Karl Wessely, Griechische und koptische Texte theologischen inhalts, Studien zur Paläographie und Papyruskunde, (Leipzig 1912) reprinted (Amsterdam 1966), p. 243, no. 186. G. Cavallo, Ricerche sulla maiuscola biblica (1967), pl. 46b;

External links

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