Codex Vaticanus 2066

Uncial 046
New Testament manuscript
NameVaticanus 2066
TextRevelation of John
Date10th century
ScriptGreek
Now atVatican Library
CiteA. Mai, Novum Testamentum Graece ex antiquissimo Codice Vaticano, Rome 1859.
Size27.5 x 19 cm
TypeByzantine text-type
CategoryV
Noteclose to minuscules 61, 69, 180

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.[1] 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.[2]

  1. ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 37.
  2. ^ Scrivener was a supporter of the Byzantine text-type, and he favoured every manuscript represented this textual text-type