Codex Petropolitanus Purpureus
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New Testament manuscript |
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Matthew 10:10-17
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| Name | Petropolitanus Purpureus |
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| Sign | N |
| Text | Gospels |
| Date | 6th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Sarmisahly (or Sarumsahly) |
| Now at | National Library of Russia |
| Size | 32 cm x 27 cm |
| Type | Byzantine |
| Category | V |
| Note | purple codex |
Codex Petropolitanus Purpureus, designated by N or 022 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 19 (Soden), is a 6th-century Greek New Testament codex gospel book. Written in majuscules (capital letters), on 231 parchment leaves, measuring 32 x 27 cm. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 6th century.
Codex Petropolitanus Purpureus, along with the manuscripts Φ, O, and Σ, belongs to the group of the Purple Uncials. The manuscript is very lacunose.
It contains text of the four Gospels with a large number of lacunae. The manuscript text is in two columns, 16 lines, 12 letters in line, in large uncial letters. The lettering is in silver ink on vellum dyed purple, with gold ink for nomina sacra (ΙΣ, ΘΣ, ΚΣ, ΥΣ, and ΣΩΤΗΡ). It has errors of iotacisms, as the change of ι and ει, αι and ε.
It can be calculated that the original codex contained 462 leaves.
Before each Gospel, the tables of κεφάλαια (tables of contents) were placed. The text is divided according to the κεφάλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin. At the top of the pages τίτλοι (titles of chapters) are preserved. The Ammonian sections and the Eusebian Canons are presented in the margin.
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