{{New Testament manuscript infobox | form = Uncial | number = '''070''' | image = Uncial 070 Luke 10,21-30.jpg | isize = | caption= | name = Fragmentum Woideanum | sign = | text = Luke–John † | script = Greek–Coptic diglot | date = 6th century | now at = Paris, Oxford, London, Vienna | cite = | size = 37 x 28 cm | type = Alexandrian text-type | cat = III | hand = | note = }}

'''Uncial 070''' (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 6 (Soden), is a Greek-Coptic diglot uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 6th century.

Uncial 070 belonged to the same manuscript as codices: 0110, 0124, 0178, 0179, 0180, 0190, 0191, 0193, 0194, and 0202.<ref name = Aland>{{Cite book | last1 = Aland | first1 = Kurt | author-link = Kurt Aland | last2 = Aland | first2 = Barbara | author-link2 = Barbara Aland | others = Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) | title = The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism | publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company | year = 1995 | location = Grand Rapids | page = 119 | isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}} </ref>

The manuscript is very lacunose.<ref name = Aland/>

== Contents == : '''070''' (13 folios) – Luke 9:9-17; 10:40-11:6; 12:15-13:32; John 5:31-42; 8:33-42; 12:27-36 : '''0110''' (1 folio) – John 8:13-22 : '''0124''' + '''0194''' (22 folios) – Luke 3:19-30; 10:21-30; 11:24-42; 22:54-65; 23:4-24:26; John 5:22-31; 8:42-9:39; 11:48-56; 12:46-13:4 : '''0178''' (1 folio) – Luke 16:4-12 : '''0179''' (1 folio) – Luke 21:30-22:2 : '''0180''' (1 folio) – John 7:3-12 : '''0190''' (1 folio) – Luke 10:30-39 : '''0191''' (1 folio) – Luke 12:5-14 : '''0193''' (1 folio) – John 3:23-32 : '''0202''' (2 folios) – Luke 8:13-19; 8:55-9:9.<ref name = Aland/>

== Description == The codex contains parts of the Gospel of Luke and Gospel of John, on 44 parchment leaves (37 by 28&nbsp;cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 35 lines per page.<ref name = Aland/> The Coptic text is not completely identical with the Greek.<ref name = Aland/> It is written in large, round, not compressed letters, in black ink. Pages have Coptic numbers.<ref name = Gregory/> It used Spiritus asper, Spiritus lenis, and accents, but often wrongly.<ref name = Gregory/> There are many itacistic errors.<ref>{{Cite book | last = Gregory | first = Caspar René | author-link = Caspar René Gregory | title = Textkritik des Neuen Testamentes | publisher = Hinrichs | year = 1900 | location = Leipzig | volume = 1 | page = 69 | url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n81/mode/2up }}</ref>

Probably it was written by a Coptic scribe. In Luke 13:21 he wrote βαβουσα instead of λαβουσα. In Luke 13:16 he used δεκαι instead of δεκα και.<ref name = Scrivener>{{Cite book | last = Scrivener | first = Frederick Henry Ambrose | author-link = Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener | author2 = Edward Miller | title = A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament | publisher = George Bell & Sons | year = 1894 | location = London | volume = 1 | page = 147 }}</ref> The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category III. The Coptic text is not completely identical with the Greek.<ref name = Aland/>

It does not include the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11) in the Coptic text. The Greek text has a lacuna in that place.

In Luke 23:34 omitted words are "And Jesus said: Father forgive them, they know not what they do." This omission is supported by the manuscripts Papyrus 75, Sinaiticus<sup>a</sup>, B, D*, W, Θ, 1241, it<sup>a, d</sup>, syr<sup>s</sup>, cop<sup>sa</sup>, cop<sup>bo</sup>.<ref>UBS4, p. 311.</ref>

== History == The Institute for New Testament Textual Research has dated the manuscript to the 6th century.<ref name = INTF>{{Cite web |url=http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php?ObjID=20070 |title=Liste Handschriften |publisher=Institute for New Testament Textual Research |access-date=23 April 2011 |location=Münster }}{{Dead link|date=October 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>

Nine leaves of the codex (Luke 12:15-13:32 and John 8:33-42) once belonged to Carl Gottfried Woide, who received them from Egypt,<ref name = Gregory>C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testamentes", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 75.</ref> and they are therefore known as the '''''Fragmentum Woideanum'''''. They were designated by T<sup>a</sup> or T<sup>woi</sup> and were confused with Codex Borgianus. According to Tregelles, they were parts of the same manuscript.<ref>S. P. Tregelles, "An Introduction to the Critical study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures", London 1856, p. 180.</ref> J.B. Lightfoot gave reasons for thinking that this fragment was not originally a portion of Borgianus.{{cn|date=July 2024}}

0124 was brought from White Monastery.

== Present location ==

The 14 fragments of the codex, which have been assigned 11 different Gregory-Aland numbers, are held in five collections located in four cities. * ''Fragmentum Woideanum'' from 070 is held in the Clarendon Press, b. 2 Oxford – 9 leaves, with inscription "Coptic and Sahidic Manuscripts from Cairo" * part of 070 is held in the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Copt. 132,2 Paris – 2 leaves * rest of 070 is held in the Louvre MSE 10014, 10092k – 2 leaves * 0110 is held in British Library, Add MS 34274, 1 f., London * 0194 (=0124) and 0202 are held in the British Library, Or. 3579 B [29], fol. 46, 47, 2 ff. London * 0124, 0179, 0180, 0190, 0191, and 0193 are held in the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Copt. 129,7 Paris * 0178 is held in the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (1 f), in Vienna.<ref name = Aland/>

== See also == {{Portal|Bible}} * List of New Testament uncials * Coptic versions of the Bible * Biblical manuscript * Textual criticism

== References ==

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== Further reading ==

* H. Ford, ''Appendix ad editionem Novi Testamenti Graeci e Codice MS Alexandrino a C. G. Woide descripti'' (Oxford, 1799), pp.&nbsp;52–62, 83. * E. Amélineau, ''Notice des manuscrits coptes de la Bibliothèque Nationale'' (Paris: 1985), pp.&nbsp;373–374, 408-409. (Uncial 0124) * C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testamentes", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p.&nbsp;69 (0124), p.&nbsp;75 (070). * U. B. Schmid, D. C. Parker, W. J. Elliott, [https://books.google.com/books?id=QBSOiQyAJTYC&pg=PA61 ''The Gospel according to St. John: The majuscules''] (Brill 2007), pp. 61-65. [text of the codex in the Gospel of John] * K. Wessely, [https://archive.org/stream/griechischeundko00wess#page/88/mode/2up ''Studien zur Paläographie und Papyruskunde''] (Amsterdam 1966)

== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090124134351/http://www-user.uni-bremen.de/~wie/TCG/Fragmentary-Uncials.pdf#page=7 Uncial 070] at the Wieland Willker, "Textual Commentary"

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