Codex Petropolitanus Purpureus
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For the similarly named manuscript, see Codex Petropolitanus (New Testament).
The Codex Petropolitanus Purpureus ("Purple Codex of Saint Petersburg"), designated by N or 022 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), ε19 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts), is a Greek New Testament codex containing the four Gospels written on parchment. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been assigned to the 6th century CE.[1]
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New Testament manuscript | |
Name | Petropolitanus Purpureus |
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Sign | N |
Text | Gospels |
Date | 6th century |
Script | Greek |
Found | Sarmisahly (or Sarumsahly) |
Now at | National Library of Russia |
Size | 32 cm x 27 cm |
Type | Byzantine |
Category | V |
Note | purple codex |
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Codex Petropolitanus Purpureus, along with the manuscripts Codex Beratinus (Φ), Sinope Gospels (O), and Rossano Gospels (Σ), belongs to the group of the Purple Uncials. The manuscript has many gaps.[1]