Codex Tischendorfianus III

Uncial 039
New Testament manuscript
Eusebian Canon tables on the first leaf of the original codex
Eusebian Canon tables on the first leaf of the original codex
NameTischendorfianus III
SignΛ
TextGospels
Date9th/10th century
ScriptGreek
Found1853, Tischendorf
Now atBodleian Library
Size21 cm by 16.5 cm
TypeByzantine text-type
CategoryV

Codex Tischendorfianus III – designated by siglum Λ or 039 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 77 (von Soden)[1] – is a Greek uncial manuscript of the Gospels on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 9th or 10th century.[2]

It is one of very few uncial manuscripts of the New Testament with full marginal apparatus.

The manuscript was brought from the East by Constantin von Tischendorf (hence the name of the codex), who also examined, described, and was the first scholar to collate its text. The manuscript was also examined by scholars like Samuel Prideaux Tregelles, Ernst von Dobschütz, and Gächler. It is housed in the Bodleian Library.

  1. ^ Hermann von Soden, Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte (Berlin 1902), vol. 1, p. 128
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Aland was invoked but never defined (see the help page).