Codex Basilensis A. N. III. 12
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New Testament manuscript |
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Table of contents to the Gospel of Matthew
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| Name | Codex Basilensis |
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| Sign | Ee |
| Text | Gospels |
| Date | 8th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | 1431 |
| Now at | Basel University Library |
| Size | 23 × 16.5 cm (9.1 × 6.5 in) |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
| Hand | carefully written |
| Note | member of Family E |
Codex Basilensis, designated by Ee, 07 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) or ε 55 (von Soden), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the four Gospels, dated paleographically to the 8th century. The codex is located, as its name indicates, in Basel University Library.
The manuscript is lacunose, it has marginalia, and was adapted for liturgical reading. Three leaves of the codex were overwritten by a later hand; these leaves are considered palimpsests.
The text of the codex represents the majority of the text (Byzantine text-type), but a small number of alien readings (non-Byzantine). It contains spurious biblical passages, but they are marked as doubtful within the text. The text of the manuscript has been cited in all critical editions of the Greek New Testament, but it is not high esteemed by scholars.
The text is written in one column per page, with 23 or more lines. The codex contains 318 parchment leaves of size 23 × 16.5 cm (9.1 × 6.5 in), with an almost complete text of the four Gospels. The Gospel of Luke contains five small lacunae (1:69-2:4, 3:4-15, 12:58-13:12, 15:8-20, 24:47-end). Three of them were later completed in cursive (1:69-2:4, 12:58-13:12, 15:8-20).
The letters Θ Ε Ο Σ are round, the strokes of Χ Ζ Ξ are not prolonged below the line. It has a regular system of punctuation. The handwriting is similar to that in the Codex Alexandrinus, though not so regular and neat. The initial letters are decorated with green, blue, and vermilion.
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