Codex Borgianus
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First Composed: 5 April 2000
Last Updated: 5 April 2000
Name
Codex Borgianus (Ta, 029, e 5)
Date
5th Century CE.
Size
Written on vellum, 22.3-24.9 cm. x 18.8-21 cm. There are two column and 27-31 lines per page. The ink is brown.
Contents
It has fragments of Luke and John in Greek and Sahidic. The Greek text is on the left-hand page and the Sahidic on the right-hand.
Total number of leaves are 21 of which 8 leaves are in cassetta 18 and 13 in cassetta 7.
The text is Alexandrian.
Writing
The words are written continuously without separation. Accents and breathing are absent. It seems that the scribe was a Copt.
Salient Features
N/A
Location
Borg. Copto 109 (Cassetta 18) and Borg. Copto T 109 (Cassetta 7) at Bibliotheca Vaticana, Vatican City.
References
[1] W. H. P. Hatch, The Principal Uncial Manuscripts Of The New Testament, 1939, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Plate XXIII.