GREEK BIBLE - ROMANS
MS | 113 |
MS Short Title |
GREEK BIBLE - ROMANS |
Text | BIBLE: ROMANS 4:23 - 5:3; 5:8 - 13 |
Description | MS in Greek on vellum, Fustât?, Egypt, 3rd c., 1 partial f., 9x11 cm, originally ca. 15x13 cm, single column, (7x9 cm, originally ca. 12x9 cm), part of 14 lines originally 24 lines in a small late classical Greek uncial without word division. |
Binding | Barking, Essex, 1989, red morocco gilt folding case by Aquarius. |
Provenance | 1. Christian Community at Fustât; 2. Dr. Leland C. Wyman, Boston, Massachusetts (from 1950); 3. John Rocks, Boston, Massachusetts (until 1988); 4. Sotheby's 21.6.1988:47. 5. De-accessioned Sotheby's 10.7.2012:3 |
Commentary | Earliest witness to this text. Aland uncial 0220, which is listed as the second oldest vellum MS of the New Testament. Textually Aland lists it in the highest class "Category I Strict text", which contains a few MSS only of a very special quality, transmitting the text of the exemplar with meticulous care. These MSS represent the most direct uncorrupted line to the original text extant. |
Published |
Papyrologica Florentina, vol. XXXV. Rosario Pintaudi: Papyri Graecae Schøyen. Firenze, Edizioni Gonnelli, 2005 (Manuscripts in The Schøyen Collection V: Greek papyri, vol. I), pp. 65-71. W.P. Hatch: A Recenly DIscovered Fragment of the Epistle to the Romans. Harvard Theological Review XLV, 1952, pp. 81-85. K. Aland: Kurzgefasste Liste der Griechischen Handscriften des Neuen Testaments, I, 1963, p. 55, listing present MS as no 220. B.M. Metzger: The Text of the New Testament, Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration. 2. ed. Oxford, Claredon Press, 1968, p. 61. |
Exhibited | 1. Conference of European National Librarians, Oslo. Sept. 1994; 2. NorFa - Nordic network in Qumran studies. Symposium in Oslo 3-5. June 2004.. |
Place of origin | Egypt |
Dates | 3c AD |