Uncial 0133

Uncial 0133 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 83 (Soden), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 9th century.^[1] Formerly it was labelled by W^g.^[2]

The codex contains a parts of the Matthew 1:1-14; 5:3-19; 23:9-25:30; 25:43-26:26; 26:50-27:16; Mark 1:1-43; 2:21-5:1; 5:29-6:22; 10:51-11:13,^[3] on 29 parchment leaves (33 cm by 26 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 20 lines per page,^[1] in large uncial letters.^[2]

It contains numbers of the κεφαλαια (chapters), τιτλοι (titles), the Ammonian Sections (not Eusebian Canons).^[4] It is very hard to read.

It is a palimpsest, the upper text is a menaeon (see Uncial 094, Uncial 0120). Formerly to this codex were included Uncial 0271, 0272 and 0273 (because of similarities).

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.^[1]

In Matthew 5:11 οι ανθρωποι along with g¹, q, vg^s, syr^s,c; it has also additional ρημα (as C, W, Θ, 0196).^[5]

In Matthew 26:7 – βαρυτιμου along with B, W, 089, 0255, f¹, f¹³, Byz; the other manuscripts read πολυτιμου (Sinaiticus, Alexandrinus, Bezae, Regius, Koridethi, 33, 565, 892, 1010 1424).^[6]

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 9th century.^[7]

The text of menaion was written by Archbishop of Selymeria in 1431.^[2] The manuscript was discovered in 1881 by Abbott and Mahaffy in Blenheim Palace. Gregory in 1883 found two leaves more.^[4]

Puttick bought it in 1882 for the British Museum.^[2]

The codex is located now at the British Library (Add MS 31919) in London.^[1]

• List of New Testament uncials
• Textual criticism
• Uncial 0269

• T.K. Abbott, On An Uncial Palimpsest Evangelistarium, Hermathena V (Dublin, 1885), p. 146-150.
• J. P. Mahaffy, An uncial MS of the Gospels, Athenaeum (London, 2 July 1881).
• Hermann von Soden, "Die Schriften des Neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte," Verlag von Arthur Glaue, Berlin 1902, pp. 79–80.