Uncial 085

New Testament manuscript infobox
form=Uncial
number="'085"


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text= Gospel of Matthew 20:3-32; 22:3-16
script= Greek
date= 6th century
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now at= Russian National Library
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size= 24 x 21 cm
type= Alexandrian text-type
cat= II
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Uncial 085 (Gregory-Aland), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 6th century. The codex contains two small parts of the Gospel 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 in Russian National Library (Gr. 714) in Saint Petersburg.

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian 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]