Uncial 0121a


Uncial 0121a, α 1031, is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 10th-century.

Description

The codex contains a parts of the 1 Corinthians 15:52-2 Corinthians 1:15; 10:13-12:5 on two parchment leaves. The text is written in two columns per page, 38 lines per page, in small uncial letters, in red ink. It has errors of iota adscriptum.
The Greek text of this codex is a mixture of text-types. Aland placed it in Category III.
In 1 Corinthians 15:54 it lacks το φθαρτον τουτο ενδυσηται αφθαρσιαν και along with 088, 0243, 1175, 1739;
In 2 Corinthians 1:10 it reads τηλικουτου θανατου; the reading is supported by א, A, B, C, Dgr, Ggr, K, P, Ψ, 0209, 0243, 33, 81, 88, 104, 181, 326, 330, 436, 451, 614, 1241, 1739, 1877, 1881, 1962, 1984, 1985, 2127, 2492, 2495, Byz.

History

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 10th-century.
The manuscript was examined by Johann Jakob Griesbach. Griesbach was the first who observed similarities between Londoner fragment and Hamburger fragment, and supposed that they came from the same manuscript.
The codex is located in the British Library, in London. It was classified with Uncial 0121b as the same manuscript, but it is now established that they belonged to different manuscripts.