New Testament manuscript | |
Name | Codex Vaticanus 2061 |
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Sign | ב a, p |
Text | Acts, GE, Paul † |
Date | 5th century |
Script | Greek |
Now at | Vatican Library |
Size | 30 cm by 27 cm |
Type | Alexandrian text-type |
Category | II |
Codex Vaticanus Graecus 2061, usually known as Uncial 048 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α1 (Soden), is a Greek uncial manuscript on parchment. It contains some parts of the New Testament, homilies of several authors, and Strabo's Geographica. Formerly it was known also as the Codex Basilianus 100, earlier as Codex Patriniensis 27.[1] It was designated by ב a, p.[2]
The manuscript has survived in a fragmentary condition. It is a double palimpsest, it contains parts of the seven different literary works. They are written in several types of uncial script. The oldest text is from the 5th century, the youngest from the 10th century.