Editing Codex Vaticanus 2061

for the similarly named manuscript see [[Codex Vaticanus]]

'''Codex Vaticanus 2061''', usually known as '''Uncial 048''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), α 1070 ([[Biblical manuscript#Von Soden|von Soden]]). [[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|Scrivener]] designated it by Hebrew letter '''<big>ב</big>'''. It is a Greek [[uncial]] [[manuscript]] of the [[New Testament]] on parchment, dated [[Paleography|paleographically]] to the 5th century.<ref name = Aland>Kurt Aland, 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. 118. </ref> Formerly it was known also as the ''Codex Basilianus 100'', earlier as ''Codex Patriniensis 27''.<ref name = Gregory>Caspar René Gregory, ''Textkritik des Neuen Testaments'' (Leipzig 1900), Vol. 1, p. 104. </ref>

== Description ==

The codex contains the text of the [[Acts of Apostles]], [[General epistles]], and [[Pauline epistles]], in a fragmentary condition. Only 21 parchment leaves - from original 316 - have survived (30&nbsp;cm by 27&nbsp;cm).<ref name = Aland/> Written in three columns per page, 40-41 lines per page, 12-15 letters per line.<ref name = Gregory/> 

It is double [[palimpsest]], the biblical text has been overwritten twice, in result it is very difficult to read.<ref name = Gregory/> The manuscript is one of the very few, and one of the three New Testament uncial manuscripts to be written with three columns per page. The other codices written in that way are [[Codex Vaticanus]], [[Uncial 053]], and trilingual minuscule codex [[Minuscule 460|460]]. The codex survived to the present day in poor condition.

== Text ==

The Greek text of this [[codex]] is not clearly identified, but the [[Alexandrian text-type|Alexandrian]] element is stronger than the [[Byzantine text-type|Byzantine]], with some the [[Western text-type|Western]] readings. [[Kurt Aland|Aland]] placed it in [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts#Category II|Category II]].<ref name = Aland/> Its text is close to the [[Codex Alexandrinus]].<ref name = Kenyon>Frederic G. Kenyon, ''Handbook to the Textual Criticism of the New Testament'' (London<sup>2</sup> 1912), p. 122. </ref>

The codex was cited in [[Novum Testamentum Graece]] of Nestle-Aland (27th edition) in text [[First Epistle to the Corinthians|1 Cor]] 15:7.

== History ==

Formerly it was held in the monastery of St. Mary of Patrium, a suburb of Rossano in Calabria, whence it was taken about the end of the 17th century to the Vatican. Here it was rediscovered by [[Pierre Batiffol]] in 1887.<ref name = Kenyon/> 

The codex now is located in the [[Vatican  Library]] (Gr. 2061).<ref name = Aland/>

== See also ==
* [[List of New Testament uncials]]
* [[Textual criticism]]
* [[Biblical manuscript]]
* [[Codex Vaticanus 2066]]
* [[Codex Vaticanus 354]]

== References ==


== Further reading ==

* [[Pierre Batiffol]], "L'Abbaye de Rossano" (Paris, 1891), pp. 62, 71-74.
* D. Heath, "The Text of Manuscript Gregory 048" (Vatican Greek 2061), Taylor University 1965.
* [[Caspar René Gregory|C. R. Gregory]], "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, pp. 104-105.

== External links ==
* [http://www.skypoint.com/~waltzmn/ManuscriptsUncials.html#u048 Codex Vaticanus 2061]: at the ''Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism''

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