Codex Petropolitanus (New Testament)

The Codex Petropolitanus ( Gregory -Aland no Π or 041; von Soden ε 73 ) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, which is dated to the 9th century. The manuscript is not complete.

Description

The manuscript contains the four Gospels on 350 parchment leaves with gaps (Matthew 3.12 to 4.17; 19.12 to 20.2; Luke 1.76 to 2.18; John 6.15 to 35; 8,6 - 39, 9.21 to 10.3 ). Mark 16.18-20 replaced in minuscule script from about the 12th century. Asterisks are in John 8:3-11 and 5.4. The format is 14.5 x 10.5 cm, the text is in a column with 21 rows. The letters are small and tilted to the right, accents, spiritus asper and lenis are available.

Text

The Greek text of Codex represents the Byzantine text-type and the category V is assigned. The manuscript belongs together with the Codex cyprius to the group Π.

History of the manuscript

The manuscript belonged to the Parodi family in Smyrna and was presented to the Emperor of Russia in 1859 at the instigation of Tischendorf by Mr Parodi.

The Codex is ( Gr. 34 ) preserved in the Russian National Library in St. Petersburg (hence Petropolitanus ).