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Uncial 030
Uncial 030 or Codex Nanianus is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament Gospels, written on parchment. It is designated by the siglum U or 030 in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts, and ε 90 in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been assigned to the 9th century CE. The manuscript has complex contents, with full marginalia (see picture).
The text of the codex usually follows the majority of New Testament manuscripts, but has some variants which represent the Alexandrian tradition. The manuscript is rarely cited in the present critical editions of the Greek New Testament.
The manuscript is a codex (the precursor to the modern book format), containing the complete text of the four New Testament Gospels written on 291 parchment leaves (sized 22.5 cm by 16.7 cm). The leaves are arranged in quarto form (this being four leaves placed on top of each other, and then folded in half to create a quire). The text is written with brown ink in two columns per page, with 21 lines per column.. According to biblical scholar Frederick H. A. Scrivener, the manuscript is "carefully and luxuriously" written. The manuscript has several ornaments and illuminations which are drawn in gold and other coloured ink.
The initial letters are written in gold ink and decorated. The letters are high, and round, and include breathings and accents. The letters are compressed only at the end of a line. Biblical scholar Samuel P. Tregelles found that the "letters are in general an imitation of those used before the introduction of compressed uncials; but they do not belong to the age when full and round writing was customary or natural, so that the stiffness and want of ease is manifest".
The manuscript has full marginalia, with the text divided according to the chapters (known as κεφάλαια / kephalaia), whose numbers are given in the margin, and their titles (known as τιτλοι / titloi) written at the top of the pages. There is another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections, with reference to the Eusebian Canons (two early methods of dividing the Gospel text into sections). The number of sections in the Gospel of Mark is 233 (usually it is 235), the last section ending at 16:8.
It contains the Epistle to Carpius (a letter by the early Church Father Eusebius outlying his Gospel division and harmony system), the Eusebian tables at the beginning of the manuscript, the tables of contents (also known as κεφάλαια) before each Gospel, and subscriptions at the end of each Gospel. Before the Gospel of Mark it has a picture with the baptism of Jesus; before the Gospel of John it has a picture of John standing with the rays from the clouds above, and Prochorus (mentioned in the book of Acts) writing.
The text of the manuscript is considered to be a representative of the Byzantine text-type. The non-Byzantine readings find support from Codex Monacensis (X) and minuscule 1071, though there is no reason to believe these three manuscripts are related. The text has some relationship to the Codex Basilensis (E) and other textual members of the textual family Family E, but the manuscript does not belong to this family.
Textual critic Hermann von Soden classified its text as belonging to his textual group Io, which refers to nine manuscripts in Luke. According to Soden the textual group Io is a result of a recension by Pamphilus from Caeasarea (ca. 300 AD). Biblical scholar Kurt Aland placed it in Category V of his New Testament manuscript classification system, though it is not pure the Byzantine text, with a number non-Byzantine readings. Category V manuscripts are described as having "a purely or predominantly Byzantine text."
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Uncial 030
Uncial 030 or Codex Nanianus is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament Gospels, written on parchment. It is designated by the siglum U or 030 in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts, and ε 90 in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been assigned to the 9th century CE. The manuscript has complex contents, with full marginalia (see picture).
The text of the codex usually follows the majority of New Testament manuscripts, but has some variants which represent the Alexandrian tradition. The manuscript is rarely cited in the present critical editions of the Greek New Testament.
The manuscript is a codex (the precursor to the modern book format), containing the complete text of the four New Testament Gospels written on 291 parchment leaves (sized 22.5 cm by 16.7 cm). The leaves are arranged in quarto form (this being four leaves placed on top of each other, and then folded in half to create a quire). The text is written with brown ink in two columns per page, with 21 lines per column.. According to biblical scholar Frederick H. A. Scrivener, the manuscript is "carefully and luxuriously" written. The manuscript has several ornaments and illuminations which are drawn in gold and other coloured ink.
The initial letters are written in gold ink and decorated. The letters are high, and round, and include breathings and accents. The letters are compressed only at the end of a line. Biblical scholar Samuel P. Tregelles found that the "letters are in general an imitation of those used before the introduction of compressed uncials; but they do not belong to the age when full and round writing was customary or natural, so that the stiffness and want of ease is manifest".
The manuscript has full marginalia, with the text divided according to the chapters (known as κεφάλαια / kephalaia), whose numbers are given in the margin, and their titles (known as τιτλοι / titloi) written at the top of the pages. There is another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections, with reference to the Eusebian Canons (two early methods of dividing the Gospel text into sections). The number of sections in the Gospel of Mark is 233 (usually it is 235), the last section ending at 16:8.
It contains the Epistle to Carpius (a letter by the early Church Father Eusebius outlying his Gospel division and harmony system), the Eusebian tables at the beginning of the manuscript, the tables of contents (also known as κεφάλαια) before each Gospel, and subscriptions at the end of each Gospel. Before the Gospel of Mark it has a picture with the baptism of Jesus; before the Gospel of John it has a picture of John standing with the rays from the clouds above, and Prochorus (mentioned in the book of Acts) writing.
The text of the manuscript is considered to be a representative of the Byzantine text-type. The non-Byzantine readings find support from Codex Monacensis (X) and minuscule 1071, though there is no reason to believe these three manuscripts are related. The text has some relationship to the Codex Basilensis (E) and other textual members of the textual family Family E, but the manuscript does not belong to this family.
Textual critic Hermann von Soden classified its text as belonging to his textual group Io, which refers to nine manuscripts in Luke. According to Soden the textual group Io is a result of a recension by Pamphilus from Caeasarea (ca. 300 AD). Biblical scholar Kurt Aland placed it in Category V of his New Testament manuscript classification system, though it is not pure the Byzantine text, with a number non-Byzantine readings. Category V manuscripts are described as having "a purely or predominantly Byzantine text."