Uncial 050


Uncial 050, Cι1, is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 9th-century. Formerly it was labelled by O or We.

Description

The codex contains the text of the Gospel of John, with a numerous lacunae, on 19 parchment leaves. Some leaves have survived in a fragmentary condition. The text is written in one column per page, 5-9 lines per page, 17-24 letters in line. The uncial letters are large. It has breathings and accents.
The biblical text is surrounded by a catena. The text of commentary is written in minuscule.
It contains text John 1:1.3-4; 2:17-3:8.12-13.20-22, 4:7-14, 20:10-13.15-17.
Verse 21:25 is repeated twice and 20:17 even thrice.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is mixed with the Byzantine, Alexandrian, and Western readings. Several times it concurs with Papyrus 75. Aland placed it in Category III.
In John 3:12 it has textual variant πιστευετε – instead of πιστευσετε – along with the manuscripts Papyrus 75 and Uncial 083.

History

Possibly the codex was written in Athos peninsula. The Moscow fragment was brought from the Dionysiou monastery.
The fragment John 4:7-14 was discovered by Bradshaw in 1863. Kitchin show it for Tischendorf.
It was examined by Tregelles.
The codex is divided and located in four places. 2 leaves are housed at the Εθνική Βιβλιοθήκη in Athens, 7 leaves in the Dionysiou monastery 2, in Athos, 7 leaves in the State Historical Museum, and 3 leaves in the Christ Church.