Editing Codex Angelicus

[[Image:Uncial 020 (GA) Acts 8,38.jpg.jpg|thumb|250px|Acts 8:38 in Codex Angelicus]]

'''Codex Angelicus''' designated by '''L<sup>ap</sup>''' or '''020''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), α 5 ([[Biblical manuscript#Von Soden|von Soden]]), is a Greek [[uncial]] [[manuscript]] of the [[New Testament]]. [[Palaeography|Palaeographically]] it has been assigned  to the 9th century.<sup>[1]</sup> Formerly it was known as ''Codex Passionei'' after Cardinal [[Domenico Silvio Passionei|Passionei]].

== Description ==
The codex contains text of the [[Acts of the Apostles]], the [[Catholic epistles]], and the [[Pauline epistles]], on 189 parchment leaves (27 cm by 21.5 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 26 lines per column (size of column 21.2 cm by 7.2 cm).<sup>[1]</sup><sup>[2]</sup> The codex contains large [[Lacuna (manuscripts)|lacunae]] in [[Acts 1|Acts 1:1-8:10]]; and in [[Hebrews 13|Hebrews 13:10-25]].<sup>[2]</sup>

It contains prolegomena, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), subscriptions at the end of each book, and [[Stichometry|στιχοι]].<sup>[2]</sup>

== Text ==
The Greek text of this [[codex]] is a representative of the [[Byzantine text-type]]<sup>[3]</sup> with a few non-Byzantine readings. It is one of the very earliest purely Byzantine manuscripts, and belongs to the textual family [[Family E]]. [[Kurt Aland|Aland]] placed it in [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts#Category V|Category V]].<sup>[1]</sup>

The text of [[Romans 16|Romans 16:25-27]] is following [[Romans 14:23|14:23]], as in [[Codex Athous Lavrensis]], [[Uncial 0209]], [[Minuscule 181]] [[Minuscule 326|326]] [[Minuscule 330|330]] [[Minuscule 451|451]] [[Minuscule 460|460]] [[Minuscule 614|614]] [[Minuscule 1241|1241]] [[Minuscule 1877|1877]] [[Minuscule 1881|1881]] [[Minuscule 1984|1984]] [[Minuscule 1985|1985]] [[Minuscule 2492|2492]] [[Minuscule 2495|2495]].<sup>[4]</sup>

In [[1 Timothy 3:16]] it has correct reading of θεός ἐφανερώθη (''God manifested'') (Sinaiticus<sup>e</sup>, A<sup>2</sup>, [[Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus|C<sup>2</sup>]], [[Codex Bezae|D<sup>c</sup>]], [[Codex Mosquensis I|K]], L, [[Codex Porphyrianus|P]], [[Codex Athous Lavrensis|Ψ]], [[Minuscule 81|81]], [[Minuscule 104|104]], [[Minuscule 181|181]], [[Minuscule 326|326]], [[Minuscule 330|330]], [[Minuscule 436|436]], [[Minuscule 451|451]], [[Minuscule 614|614]], [[Minuscule 629|629]], [[Minuscule 630|630]], [[Minuscule 1241|1241]], [[Minuscule 1739|1739]], [[Minuscule 1877|1877]], [[Minuscule 1881|1881]], [[Minuscule 1962|1962]], [[Minuscule 1984|1984]], [[Minuscule 1985|1985]], [[Minuscule 2492|2492]], [[Minuscule 2495|2495]], Byz, Lect), against ὃς ἐφανερώθη (''he was manifested'') supported by Sinaiticus, [[Codex Alexandrinus]], [[Codex Ephraemi|Ephraemi]], [[Codex Boernerianus|Boernerianus]], 33, [[Minuscule 365|365]], [[Minuscule 442|442]], 2127, [[Lectionary 599|'''ℓ''' ''599'']].<sup>[5]</sup><sup>[6]</sup>

In [[1 Peter 4:14]], the manuscript contains the variant reading κατὰ μὲν αὐτοὺς βλασφημεῖται, κατὰ δὲ ὑμᾶς δοξάζεται ("according to them he is blasphemed, but according to you he is glorified") along with manuscripts [[Codex Mosquensis I|K]] [[Codex Porphyrianus|P]] [[Codex Athous Lavrensis|Ψ]] 1448 1611, the Byzantine Codices, a majority or all of the Old Latin witnesses, [[Oxford Vulgate|the Wordsworth/White Vulgate Edition]], the Greek-manuscript-consulted Harklensis Syriac Vorlage, Sahidic manuscripts, one Bohairic manuscript, and the church father [[Cyprian]] (3rd Century).

== History ==
It once belonged to the Cardinal [[Domenico Silvio Passionei|Passionei]]. The manuscript was examined by [[Bernard de Montfaucon|Montfaucon]],<sup>[7]</sup> [[Giuseppe Bianchini|Bianchini]],<sup>[8]</sup> by [[Andrew Birch|Birch]] (James and 1 Corinthians),<sup>[9]</sup> [[Johann Martin Augustin Scholz|Scholz]] (all codex),<sup>[10]</sup> and Ferdinand Fleck in 1833.<sup>[2]</sup> It was collated by [[Constantin von Tischendorf|Tischendorf]] in 1843 and Tregelles in 1846.<sup>[11]</sup> It was examined by G. Mucchio.

Wettstein and Scholz designated it by siglum G. The same siglum used Tischendorf, but in the 7th edition of his Novum Testamentum he used L.<sup>[2]</sup> Gregory gave the number 020 to it.

The name of the codex came from the library in [[Rome]] where it is located now, at the [[Biblioteca Angelica]] (No. 39).<sup>[1]</sup><sup>[12]</sup>

== See also ==
* [[List of New Testament uncials]] 
* [[Textual criticism]]

== References ==
* 1. [[Kurt Aland|Aland, Kurt]]; [[Barbara Aland|Aland, Barbara]] (1995). [https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/The_Text_of_the_New_Testament/2pYDsAhUOxAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism]. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
* 2. [[Caspar René Gregory|Gregory, Caspar René]] (1900). [https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n115/mode/2up Textkritik des Neuen Testaments]. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung. p. 102.
* 3. [[Bruce M. Metzger]], [[Bart D. Ehrman]], "The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration", ''[[Oxford University Press]]'', (New York - Oxford, 2005), p. 77.
* 4. UBS3, pp. 576-577.
* 5. [[Bruce M. Metzger]], ''A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament'' ([[Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft]]: Stuttgart 2001), pp. 573-573.
* 6. [http://www.bible-researcher.com/alexandrinus4.html 1 Timothy 3:16 in Codex Alexandrinus] at the Bible Research
* 7. [[Bernard de Montfaucon]], "Palaeographia Graeca" (Paris, 1708), p. 514.
* 8. Bianchini, [https://en.calameo.com/read/0001070443b15b4eb3655 Evangeliarium quadruplex latinae versionis antiquae seu veteris italicae] (Rome, 1749), vol. I, p. DLXIV-DLXX.
* 9. Birch, ''Variae Lectiones ad Textum Actorum Apostolorum, Epistolarum Catholicarum et Pauli'', Copenhagen 1798, p. XIV. (as Ang. 2)
* 10. Scholz, ''Biblisch-kritische Reise in Frankreich, der Schweiz, Italien, Palästine und im Archipel in den Jahren 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821: Nebst einer Geschichte des Textes des Neuen Testaments'', Leipzig, 1823. (in Acts and Cath. as G, in Paul as I)
* 11. [[Samuel Prideaux Tregelles|S. P. Tregelles]], "An Introduction to the Critical study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures", London 1856, p. 205.
* 12. "[http://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/liste/?ObjID=20020 Liste Handschriften]". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 16 March 2013.

== Further reading ==
G. Mucchio, "Studi italiani di filologia classica" 4, Index Codicum Bibliothecae no. 39 (Florence, 1896), pp. 7–184.

== External links ==
* R. Waltz, [http://www.skypoint.com/members/waltzmn/ManuscriptsUncials.html#uLp Codex Angelicus L<sup>ap</sup> (020)], ''Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism''.
* [https://www.internetculturale.it/jmms/iccuviewer/iccu.jsp?id=oai%3Awww.internetculturale.sbn.it%2FTeca%3A20%3ANT0000%3ACNMD%5C%5C0000116721&mode=all&teca=MagTeca+-+ICCU Digital Images of the manuscript] at the [https://www.internetculturale.it Internet Culturale].
* [https://manuscripts.csntm.org/manuscript/Group/GA_020 Black and White Digital Images of the manuscript] at the [[CSNTM]].

[[Category:Greek New Testament uncials]]
[[Category:9th-century biblical manuscripts]]

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