Codex Cyprius

<p>Codex Cyprius, designated by Ke or 017 (in the <a href="/facts/Biblical_manuscript/vXkTSHJo">Gregory-Aland</a> numbering of <a href="/facts/New_Testament/k066sDIn">New Testament</a> Manuscripts), ε71 (in the <a href="/facts/Biblical_manuscript/vXkTSHJo">von Soden</a> numbering of New Testament manuscripts), or Codex Colbertinus 5149, is a Greek <a href="/facts/Uncial/uz6CgI4u">uncial</a> <a href="/facts/Manuscript/A6XNmrTd">manuscript</a> of the four <a href="/facts/Gospels/oC3s2MdL">Gospels</a>, written on <a href="/facts/Parchment/1lqNVkWj">parchment</a>. It is one of the few uncial manuscripts with the complete text of the four Gospels,: 136  and it is one of the more important late uncial manuscripts.: 337  It was brought from <a href="/facts/Cyprus/t9wL6lVK">Cyprus</a> (hence the name of the codex) to <a href="/facts/Paris/DrNHpwnA">Paris</a>.: 136  
</p><p>The text of the manuscript has been examined by many scholars. It is considered to mainly represent the <a href="/facts/Byzantine_text-type/5JszMj6v">Byzantine text-type</a> (see Textual character below), but it has numerous peculiar readings. It has been variously dated from the 8th to the 11th centuries,: 100  but using the study of comparative writing styles (<a href="/facts/Palaeography/QsVXMhMj">palaeography</a>), it is currently dated to the 9th century.
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Codex Cyprius