Uncial 0171
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Uncial 0171 ε 07 (Soden) is two vellum
leaves of a late third century (or beginning fourth) Greek uncial
codex containing fragments Matthew
and Luke
. In the Berlin Matthew and Florence Luke are taken. Matthew is a part of the Medici Library
(PSI 2.124) collection in Florence
, Luke – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
(P. 11863).
, the nomina sacra
are contracted (ΚΣ ΙΗΣ). Luke 22:51 is omitted.
The Alands
describe the text as "an early (secondary?) form of the D [Codex Bezae
] text" and "paraphrastic". Uncial 0171 is an important witness to the existence of the Western text-type
in Egypt. Aland placed it in Category IV.
It is the earliest Greek witness with text of Luke 22:43–44
.
It is classed as a "consistently cited witness of the first order" in the Novum Testamentum Graece
. NA27 considers it even more highly than other witnesses of this type. It provides an exclamation mark (!) for "papyri and uncial manuscripts of particular significance because of their age."
The manuscript was found in 1903-1905 in Hermopolis Magna. The text was first published by the Società Italiana in Florence in 1912.
Hermann von Soden knew the first fragment only in time to include it in the list of addenda in 1913. He classified it within his Ια text.
Lagrange gave a collation, he classifies the fragment in his "recension D", and argues that the divergences of the fragment from the Codex Bezae are due to idiosyncrasies either of that manuscript or of the fragment itself.
Kurt Treu
identified the Matthew and Luke portions as the work of the same scribe on the same codex. Later again, Neville Birdsall observed that a lower portion of the manuscript had been overlooked in the editio princeps.
Fragment (a) + (b): Recto (Luke 22:50-56.61-64)
Fragment (c): Recto (hair side) (Matthew 10:17-23)
Fragment (c): Verso (flesh side) (Matthew 10:25-32)
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leaves of a late third century (or beginning fourth) Greek uncial
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codex containing fragments Matthew
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and Luke
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. In the Berlin Matthew and Florence Luke are taken. Matthew is a part of the Medici Library
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(PSI 2.124) collection in Florence
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, Luke – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
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(P. 11863).
Description
Uncial 0171 measures 5.7 cm by 9.2 cm from a page of two columns of 23 lines. The scribe wrote in a reformed documentary hand. It has errors of itacismIotacism
Iotacism is the process by which a number of vowels and diphthongs in Ancient Greek converged in pronunciation so that they all sound like iota in Modern Greek....
, the nomina sacra
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are contracted (ΚΣ ΙΗΣ). Luke 22:51 is omitted.
The Alands
Kurt Aland
Kurt Aland was a German Theologian and Professor of New Testament Research and Church History. He founded the Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung in Münster and served as its first director for many years...
describe the text as "an early (secondary?) form of the D [Codex Bezae
Codex Bezae
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] text" and "paraphrastic". Uncial 0171 is an important witness to the existence of the Western text-type
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in Egypt. Aland placed it in Category IV.
It is the earliest Greek witness with text of Luke 22:43–44
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.
It is classed as a "consistently cited witness of the first order" in the Novum Testamentum Graece
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. NA27 considers it even more highly than other witnesses of this type. It provides an exclamation mark (!) for "papyri and uncial manuscripts of particular significance because of their age."
The manuscript was found in 1903-1905 in Hermopolis Magna. The text was first published by the Società Italiana in Florence in 1912.
Hermann von Soden knew the first fragment only in time to include it in the list of addenda in 1913. He classified it within his Ια text.
Lagrange gave a collation, he classifies the fragment in his "recension D", and argues that the divergences of the fragment from the Codex Bezae are due to idiosyncrasies either of that manuscript or of the fragment itself.
Kurt Treu
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identified the Matthew and Luke portions as the work of the same scribe on the same codex. Later again, Neville Birdsall observed that a lower portion of the manuscript had been overlooked in the editio princeps.
Text
Fragment (a) + (b): Verso (Luke 22:44-50)-
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- Col. I Col. II
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- και αναστας απο [της]
- προσευχης και ελ[θων]
- προς τους μαθητα[ς ευ-]
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- ωμ
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- ρεν κοιμενους α[υ-]
- τους απο της λυπ[ης]
- και ειπεν αυτοις τ[ι κα-]
- θευδετε ανασταν[τες]
- προσευχεθε ιν[α μη]
- εισελθητε εις πε[ιρασ-]
- μον ετι δε αυτου [λα]
- λουντος ιδου οχ[λος]
- και ο καλουμε[νος Ι-]
- [ο]υδ[ας Ισκαριωθ εις]
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- — — — — — — — —
- [ . . . ] . [ . . . . ] . [ . . . . . ]
- [υι]ον του αν[θρωπου]
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- Col. I Col. II
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- — — — — — — — — [πα]ραδιδως [ιδοντες]
- [ . . . . . . . ] δε οι περι αυ[τον το γε-]
- [ . . . . . . . ] νομενο[ν ειπαν αυ-
- [ αυ]το[υ ως] θρο(μ)- τω ει π[αταξομεν εν]
- [βοι αιματο]ς καταβαι- μαχα[ιρη και επαταξεν]
- [νοντες ε]πι την γην εις [τις εξ αυτων τον]
Fragment (a) + (b): Recto (Luke 22:50-56.61-64)
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Fragment (c): Recto (hair side) (Matthew 10:17-23)
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Fragment (c): Verso (flesh side) (Matthew 10:25-32)
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See also
Other early uncials:- Uncial 0162Uncial 0162Codex 0162 , ε 023 , is one vellum leaf of the late third century Greek codex containing John.- Description :...
- Uncial 0189Uncial 0189Uncial 0189 , is the oldest parchment manuscript of the New Testament.- Description :It consists of a single vellum leaf of a late second or early third century Greek codex, containing only a small part of the Acts of the Apostles.Its history is unknown prior to its current possession by the...
- Uncial 0220Uncial 0220Uncial 0220 , is a leaf of a late third century Greek codex containing The Epistle to the Romans.- Description :...
- Uncial 0308Uncial 0308Codex 0308 , is one of the recently registered New Testament Greek uncial manuscripts. It consists of only a fragment of a single parchment leaf of a fourth century codex, containing portions of the eleventh chapter of the Book of Revelation.- Description :The surviving texts of Revelation are...
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- Textual criticismTextual criticismTextual criticism is a branch of literary criticism that is concerned with the identification and removal of transcription errors in the texts of manuscripts...
Further reading
- Ermenegildo PistelliErmenegildo PistelliErmenegildo Pistelli, , born in Florence, Italian papyrologist and palaeographer.Pistelli finished his philological studies in Florence.He examined numerous manuscripts found in Oxyrhynchus, e.g. Papyrus 2, 35, 36, Uncial 0171.- Works :...
, Papiri greci e latini della Società Italiana (Florence, 1912), 1:2-4; 2:22-25. - Kurt Aland, Alter und Entstehung des D-Textes im Neuen Testament. Betrachtungen zu 𝔓 69 und 0171, Miscellània\Papirològica Ramon Roca-Puig (Barcelona 1987), pp. 37-61.
- James Neville Birdsall, A Fresh Examination of the Fragments of the Gospel of St. Luke in MS. 0171 and an Attempted Reconstruction with Special Reference to the Recto, in: Collected papers in Greek and Georgian textual criticism, Texts and Studies, Gorgias Press 2006, Vol. 3, pp. 15-138.