Uncial 059 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 09 (Soden), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 4th or 5th century.
Description
The codex contains a part of the Gospel of Mark (15:29-38), on 1 parchment leaf (). The text is written in one column per page, 19 lines per page.
The leaf designated by 059 came from the same manuscript as 0215 (Mark 15:20-21,26-27).
Text
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category III.
History
Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 4th or 5th century.
The manuscript was examined by Karl Wessely, Guglielmo Cavallo, and Pasquale Orsini. Gregory added it to the list of New Testament manuscripts.
The codex is located at the Austrian National Library, in Vienna. Leaf 059 has number of catalogue Pap. G. 39779, and leaf 0215 – Pap. G. 36112.
See also
List of New Testament uncials
Textual criticism
References
Further reading
Karl Wessely, Griechische und koptische Texte theologischen inhalts, Studien zur Paläographie und Papyruskunde, (Leipzig 1912) reprinted (Amsterdam 1966), p. 243, no. 186. G. Cavallo, Ricerche sulla maiuscola biblica (1967), pl. 46b;