Name Vaticanus 2066 Date 10th century Now at Vatican Library | Text Revelation of John Script Greek | |
Cite A. Mai, Novum Testamentum Graece ex antiquissimo Codice Vaticano, Rome 1859. | ||
Codex Vaticanus 2066, designed by 046 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 1070 (von Soden), formerly it was known also as Codex Basilianus, previously it was designated by Br or B2. It is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament written on vellum. The manuscript Paleographically has been assigned to the 10th century by the INTF, though some palaeographers proposed the 9th century. Scrivener proposed even the 8th century.
Contents
Description
The codex contains the complete text of the Book of Revelation with much non-biblical material (homilies of Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa and others) on 20 parchment leaves (27.5 cm by 19 cm).
The text is written in one column per page, 35 lines per page, in about 36 letters per line. The uncial letter of the codex are written in a peculiar form with special attention. "The uncials being of a peculiar kind, leaning a little to the right; they hold a sort of middle place between square and oblong characters.... The breathings and accents are primâ manu, and pretty correct..."
Text
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type, in a close relationship to the minuscules 61 and 69. Aland placed it in Category V.
Uncial 046 is the earliest manuscript represented the main Byzantine group ("a").
Some textual variants:
History
The manuscript once belonged to Philippo Vitali (1590–1653). It was described by Bianchini.
According to Scrivener it was written in the 8th century.
The text of the codex was published by a Cardinal Angelo Mai in 1859 in Rome. It was examined by Tischendorf and Tregelles.
The codex is located now in the Vatican Library (Gr. 2066) in Rome.