Uncial 0205

Sahidic Uncial Manuscript

New Testament manuscript

Uncial 0205New Testament manuscript

Text| Epistle to Titus †
Date| 8th-century
Script| Greek, Coptic diglot
Now at| Cambridge University Library
Size| 32 x 22.5 cm
Type| Alexandrian text-type
Category| II

Codex 0205 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering). It is a diglot Greek-Coptic (Sahidic) uncial manuscript of the Epistle to Titus and the Epistle to Philemon, dated paleographically to the 8th century (J. M. Plumley proposed 7th or 6th-century).

## Description

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The uncial 0205 was possibly a complete codex of the Pauline epistles, of which only 2 leaves survived (32 cm by 22.5 cm). Each page contains two parallel columns with 35 lines, and 12-13 letters per line. The codex is written in Greek and Coptic, but it is not a genuine diglot manuscript. On the first page, the first column and the first seven lines of the second column contains Titus 2:15b-3:7 in Greek. At this point the Coptic text begins with Titus 2:11 and continues to the end of Philemon. The Greek represents only 15% of the text of the manuscript.[1]

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category II.[2]

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 8th century.[2][3] It was found in White Monastery.[4]

The manuscript was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Ernst von Dobschütz in 1933.[5][6]

J. K. Elliott from University of Leeds published description of its text and facsimile.[1]

The codex is located in the Cambridge University Library (Or. 1699 II x).[2][3]

## See also

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* List of New Testament uncials
* Coptic versions of the Bible
* Textual criticism

## References

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1. ^ a b J. K. Elliott, A. Greek – Coptic (Sahidic) fragment of Titus - Philemon (0205), Novum Testamentum XXXVI, 2 (1994), pp. 183-195.
2. ^ a b c Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). 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. 125\. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
3. ^ a b "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
4. ^ Codex 0205 (GA) LDAB
5. ^ Kurt Aland (1963). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechieschen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. p. 10.
6. ^ Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). 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. 74\. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.

## Further reading

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* J. Keith Elliott, A. Greek – Coptic (Sahidic) fragment of Titus - Philemon (0205), Novum Testamentum XXXVI, 2 (1994), pp. 183-195.