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{{New Testament manuscript infobox
| form  = Uncial
| number = '''017'''
| image = Codex Cyprius F43.jpg
| isize = 220
| caption= Gospel of Matthew
| name  = Cyprius
| sign  = K{{sup|e}}
| text  = [[Gospel]]s
| script = [[Greek language|Greek]]
| date  = 9th century
| found = Cyprus 1673
| now at = [[Bibliothèque nationale de France|National Library of France]]
| cite  = 
| size  = {{×|26|19}}
| type  = [[Byzantine text-type]]
| cat  = V
| hand  = 
| note  = 
}}

'''Codex Cyprius''', designated by '''K{{sup|e}}''' or '''017''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering of [[New Testament]] Manuscripts), ε71 (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Von Soden|von Soden]] numbering of New Testament manuscripts), or Codex Colbertinus 5149,<ref name="thorne-4">{{Cite book | first1=Thomas Hartwell | last1=Horne | author-link1=Thomas Hartwell Horne | title=An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures | volume=2 | edition=4 | page=99 | year=1825 | publisher=E. Littell | location=Philadelphia | url=https://archive.org/details/anintroductiont05horngoog/page/99/mode/1up}}</ref> is a Greek [[uncial]] [[manuscript]] of the four [[Gospels]], written on [[parchment]].{{r|thorne-4}} It is one of the few uncial manuscripts with the complete text of the four Gospels,{{r|Kenyon|Scrivener|p2=136}} and it is one of the more important late uncial manuscripts.{{r|Hatch|p=337}} It was brought from [[Cyprus]] (hence the name of the codex) to [[Paris]].{{r|thorne-4|Scrivener|p2=136}} 

The text of the manuscript has been examined by many scholars.{{r|Kenyon}} It is considered to mainly represent the [[Byzantine text-type]] (see [[#Textual character|Textual character]] below),{{r|Aland}} but it has numerous peculiar readings.{{r|Tregelles}} It has been variously dated from the 8th to the 11th centuries,{{r|thorne-4|p=100}} but using the study of comparative writing styles ([[palaeography]]), it is currently dated to the 9th century.{{r|Ehrman|INTF}}

== Description ==
The manuscript is a [[codex]] (precursor to the modern book), containing the complete text of the four Gospels written on 267 parchment leaves (sized {{×|26|19}}).<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 | page=113 | year=1995 | publisher=[[William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company]] | location=Grand Rapids | isbn=978-0-8028-4098-1}}</ref> The text itself is written in [[uncial]] letters of brown ink with one column per page.<ref name="Hatch">{{Cite book | last=Hatch | first=William Henry Paine | author-link=William Hatch (theologian) | title=A Redating of Two Important Uncial Manuscripts of the Gospels – Codex Zacynthius and Codex Cyprius | series=''Quantulacumque'' studies presented to Kirsopp Lake | year=1937 | publisher=Christophers | location=London | url=https://archive.org/stream/MN41361ucmf_0#page/n423/mode/2up}}</ref>{{rp|338}} <ref name="Kenyon">{{cite book | last=Kenyon | first=Frederic G. | author-link=Frederic G. Kenyon | title=Handbook to the textual criticism of the New Testament | page=89 | year=1901 | publisher=Macmillan | location=London | url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924029304924#page/n117/mode/2up}}</ref> Each page contains 16 to 31 lines due to the handwriting being irregular and varying in size, with some pages having letters that are quite large.<ref name="Tregelles">{{Cite book | first1=Thomas Hartwell | last1=Horne | author-link1=Thomas Hartwell Horne | editor-link1=Samuel Prideaux Tregelles | editor=Samuel Prideaux Tregelles | editor-first2=John | editor-last2= Ayre | title=An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures | volume=4 | edition=8 | page=202 | year=1856 | publisher=Samuel Bagster & Sons | location=London | url=https://archive.org/details/introductioncritic04horn/page/202/mode/2up}}</ref>{{r|Scrivener}} They are also upright, not round, and compressed.{{r|Tregelles}} There is frequent insertion of an [[Greek orthography#In Ancient Greek|interpunction mark]] (·), and as it is sometimes in the wrong place for a stop, this has been supposed to occur in an ancient [[Stichometry|stichometrical]] style of writing (writing new sentences on new lines as opposed to continuing on the same line),{{r|Tregelles}} from which this manuscript may have been copied.{{r|Scrivener}} A dot is always used to denote the end of the phrase/line.<ref name="Scholz">{{Cite book | last=Scholz | first=Johann Martin Augustin | author-link=Johann Martin Augustin Scholz | title=Commentario inaigiralis de Codice Cyprio et familia quam sistit pro summis in theologia honoribus rite impetrandis | series=Curae criticae in historiam textus Evangeliorum: commentationibus duabus | pages=53–90 | year=1820 | publisher=Apud Mohr et Winter | location=Heidelberg | language=Latin | url=https://archive.org/stream/curaecriticaein00schogoog#page/n64/mode/2up }}</ref>{{rp|59}}{{r|Scrivener}} It includes rough and smooth [[Greek diacritics|breathing]] marks (utilised to designate vowel emphasis), with [[Stress (linguistics)|accents]] (used to indicate voiced pitch changes) likely from the original scribe, but these are often omitted or incorrectly placed.<ref name="Scrivener">{{Cite book | last1=Scrivener | first1=Frederick Henry Ambrose | author-link=Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener | first2=Edward | last2=Miller | title=A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament | volume=1 | edition=4th | page=137 | year=1894 | publisher=[[George Bell & Sons]] | location=London | url=https://archive.org/details/aplainintroducti00scriuoft}}</ref> The breathings are indicated by ⊢ and ⊣, these signs were often used in the codices from the 9th and 10th century. Errors of [[Iotacism|itacism]] (confusion of similar sounding letters) are very frequent.<ref name="Gregory">{{Cite book | last=Gregory | first=Caspar René | author-link=Caspar René Gregory | title=Textkritik des Neuen Testaments | volume=1 | year=1900 | publisher=J.C. Hinrichs | location=Leipzig | url=https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n67/mode/2up }}</ref>{{rp|54}} It contains lectionary markings (employed to indicate which passage is to read on a certain day in the year) in the margin, the [[Synaxarion]] (a list of Saint's days) on pages 1–18, with a [[Menologion]] (a list of readings to be read each calendar month), and the [[Eusebian Canons]] tables (an early system of dividing the four Gospels into different sections) on pages 19–28.{{r|Scholz|p=56}}

The [[nomina sacra]] (special names/words considered sacred in [[Christianity]], abbreviated usually with the first and last letter, and notified with an overline) are employed throughout. The last letter is dependent upon case; the nominative case abbreviations are as follows: {{overline|ΑΝΟΣ}} / {{lang|grc|ανθρωπος}} (''man''), {{overline|ΔΑΔ}} / {{lang|grc|δαυιδ}} (''David''), {{overline|ΘΣ}} / {{lang|grc|θεος}} (''God''), {{overline|ΙΣ}} / {{lang|grc|Ιησους}} (''Jesus''), {{overline|ΙΛΗΜ}} / {{lang|grc|ιερουσαλημ}} (''Jerusalem''), {{overline|ΙΗΛ}} / {{lang|grc|ισραηλ}} (''Israel''), {{overline|ΚΣ}} / {{lang|grc|κυριος}} (''Lord''), {{overline|ΜΗΡ}} / {{lang|grc|μητηρ}} (''mother''), {{overline|ΟΥΝΟΣ}} / {{lang|grc|ουρανος}} (''heaven''), {{overline|ΟΥΝΙΟΣ}} / {{lang|grc|ουρανιος}} (''heavenly''), {{overline|ΠΗΡ}} / {{lang|grc|πατηρ}} (''father''), {{overline|ΠΝΑ}} / {{lang|grc|πνευμα}} (''spirit''), {{overline|ΠΝΙΚΟΣ}} / {{lang|grc|πνευματικος}} (''spiritual''), {{overline|ΣΡΙΑ}} / {{lang|grc|σωτηρια}} (''salvation''), {{overline|ΥΣ}} / {{lang|grc|υιος}} (''son''), {{overline|ΧΣ}} / {{lang|grc|χριστος}} (''Christ/Messiah'').{{r|Scholz|p=59}}

The text is divided according to the [[Eusebian Canons|Ammonian Sections]] ([[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]] has 359 sections, [[Gospel of Mark|Mark]] 241, [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] 342, and [[Gospel of John|John]] 232), whose numbers are given in the left margin of the text, and despite containing the Eusebian Canon tables at the beginning of the codex, references to the Eusebian Canons are absent.{{r|Scrivener}} There was no other division according to the chapters (known as {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} / ''kephalaia'') in the original codex, though it has their titles (known as {{lang|grc|τιτλοι}} / ''titloi'') at the top of the pages, and the chapter tables before each Gospel. The [[Chapter (books)#History of chapter titles|chapter]] numbers were added by a later hand (Matthew has 68, Mark 48, Luke 83, and John 19).{{r|Scholz|p=57}} It contains subscriptions after each of first three Gospels.{{r|Scholz|p=57}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Subscriptions{{r|Scholz|pp=57-58}}
|-
! Gospel !! Greek Subscription !! English
|-
| '''Matthew''' ||
: ευαγγελιον κατα ματθαιον στι(χοι) ,{{overline|ΒΨ}}
:το κατα ματθαιον εξεδοθη ευαγγελιον υπ αυτου εν ιεροσολυμοις
: μετα χρονους Η της του {{overline|ΧΥ}} αναληψεως. 
||
:''Gospel according to Matthew; 2700 lines.''
:''The Gospel according to Matthew was written by him in Jerusalem,''
:''8 years after the ascension of the Messiah.''
|-
| '''Mark''' ||
: ευαγγελιον κατα μαρκον στι(χοι) ,{{overline|ΑΨ}}
: το κατα μαρκον ευαγγελιον εξεδοθη μετα χρονους δεκα
: της του {{overline|ΧΥ}} αναληψεως
||
: ''Gospel according to Mark; 1700 lines.''
: ''The Gospel according to Mark was written ten years after''
: ''the ascension of the Messiah.''
|-
| '''Luke''' ||
: ευαγγελιον κατα λουκαν στι(χοι) ,{{overline|ΒΩ}}
: το κατα λουκαν ευαγγελιον εξεδοθη μετα χρονους {{overline|ΙΕ}}
: της του {{overline|ΧΥ}} αναληψεως.
||
: ''Gospel according to Luke; 1702 lines.''
: ''The Gospel according to Luke was written 15 years after''
: ''the ascension of the Messiah.''
|}

=== Colophon ===
Near the end of the manuscript, on the reverse of page 267, there is a [[Colophon (publishing)|colophon]] (subscription) inserted by a second hand. According to this colophon the manuscript was written by a scribe named Basil, and it was bound by one Theodoulos, who commended themselves to the [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Virgin]] and St. Eutychios.<ref name="Silva-FamP">{{Cite book | last=Lake | first=Silva | author-link=Silva Lake | title=Family Π and the Codex Alexandrinus: The Text According to Mark | url=https://archive.org/details/MN41429ucmf_4 | year=1937 | publisher=Christophers | location=London }}</ref>{{rp|11}} {{r|Gregory|p=55}} Some parts of the colophon are uncertain.<ref name="Octava">{{Cite book | first=Constantin | last=von Tischendorf | author-link=Constantin von Tischendorf | title=Novum Testamentum Graece | edition=8 | page=380 | year=1884 | publisher=J.C. Hinrichs | url=https://archive.org/stream/novumtestamentum31tisc#page/380/mode/2up}}</ref><ref name="Tischendorf">{{Cite book | first=Constantin | last=von Tischendorf | author-link=Constantin von Tischendorf | title=Novum Testamentum Graece | edition=7 | page=CLVIII | year=1859 | publisher=Sumptibus Adolphi Winter | location=Leipzig | url=https://archive.org/stream/novumtestamentu00tiscgoog#page/n182/mode/2up}}</ref>

The full text of the colophon is:
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Colophon{{r|Gregory|p=55}}
|-
! Greek !! English
|-
|
: εγραφη δε η δελτος αυτη δια χειρ[&nbsp;&nbsp;] Βασιλειου μοναχου
: ημφιασθην και εκεφ[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]λεωθη υπ[.. Θε]οδουλου του μοναχου
: προσδεξητε αυτην η παναγια {{overline|θκος}} και ο αγιος ευτυχιος
: {{overline|κς}} δε ο {{overline|θς}} δια πρεσβειων της υπερ[αγι]ας {{overline|θκου}} και
: του αγιου Ευτυχιου χαρισηται ημιν την βασιλειαν
: των {{overline|ουν}}ων αιωνιζυσαν αμην:~
||
: This manuscript was written by the hand of the monk Basil,
: it was bound and ... by ... the monk Theodoulos.
: May the Ever Holy Mother of God and Saint Eutychios accept this (manuscript).
: May the Lord God, through ambassadors of the Most Holy Mother of God and
: the Saint Eutychios, grant to us the kingdom
: of heaven for eternity. Amen.
|}

== Text ==

=== Textual character ===
[[File:Codex Cyprius Luke 20,9.JPG|thumb|right|360px|[[Gospel of Luke]] 20:9, in second line, between 11th and 12th letter stands stichometrical point]]
[[File:Codex Cyprius (John 6,52-53).JPG|thumb|right|360px|[[Gospel of John]] 6:52–53 in Scrivener's facsimile edition; it has the Ammonian section in the margin (ξς = 66)]]
The Greek text of this [[codex]] is considered a representative of the [[Byzantine text-type]].<ref name="Ehrman">{{Cite book | last1=Metzger | first1=Bruce Manning | last2=Ehrman | first2=Bart D. | author-link1=Bruce M. Metzger | author-link2=Bart D. Ehrman | title=The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration | publisher=Oxford University Press | edition=4th | location=Oxford | year=2005 | isbn=0-19-516667-1 | page=77 }}</ref> The text-types are groups of different New Testament manuscripts which share specific or generally related readings, which then differ from each other group, and thus the conflicting readings can separate out the groups. These are then used to determine the original text as published; there are three main groups with names: [[Alexandrian text-type|Alexandrian]], [[Western text-type|Western]], and [[Byzantine text-type|Byzantine]].{{r|Ehrman|pp=205-230}} Together with [[Codex Petropolitanus (New Testament)|Codex Petropolitanus (Π)]], the Codex Cyprius belongs to [[family Π]], a group of manuscripts in close relationship to the text seen in [[Codex Alexandrinus|Codex Alexandrinus (A)]]. According to biblical scholar [[Samuel Prideaux Tregelles]], it has many good and valuable readings,{{r|Tregelles}} but according to biblical scholar [[Frederic G. Kenyon|Frederic Kenyon]] the text of the codex has no remarkable value, due to the manuscript being of a late date.{{r|Kenyon}} According to biblical scholar [[Caspar René Gregory]] it has many old readings that preceded the Byzantine text-type.{{r|Gregory|p=54}} Textual critic [[Hermann von Soden]] classified it to the textual family [[Caesarean text-type|I{{sup|κa}}]],<ref>{{cite book | last=Soden, von | first=Hermann | author-link=Hermann, Freiherr von Soden | title=Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte | volume=1 | page=128 | year=1902 | publisher=Verlag von Alexander Duncker | location=Berlin | language=German }}</ref> and associated the provenance of this text with [[Jerusalem]].{{r|Wisse}}

Textual critic [[Silva Tipple New Lake|Silva Lake]] considered the text of the codex as a somewhat diluted form of family Π, with a large number of peculiar readings, most of which are either misspellings or careless and ignorant mistakes.{{r|Silva-FamP|p=37}} According to her an educated scribe could hardly have produced the variants in {{bibleref|Mark|4:1}}; {{bibleref|Mark|6:26}}; {{bibleref|Mark|9:4}}; {{bibleref|Mark|13:3}}; {{bibleref|Mark|14:38}}; or {{bibleref|Mark|16:4}}.{{r|Silva-FamP|p=37}} The readings it does not share with other Family Π representatives are supported outside the family, and they seem to be connected with the late Alexandrian group ([[Codex Ephraemi|C]], [[Codex Regius (New Testament)|L]], [[Codex Campianus|M]], [[Codex Petropolitanus Purpureus|N]], [[Codex Sangallensis 48|Δ]]), but the number of Alexandrian readings is not high, and Silva Lake considered them as a result of accident as opposed to influence from a different text-type.{{r|Silva-FamP|p=37}}

Textual critic [[Kurt Aland]] placed its text in [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts#Category V|Category V]] of his New Testament classification system.{{r|Aland}} Category V manuscripts are described as having "a purely or predominantly Byzantine text."{{r|Aland|p=336}} According to the [[Claremont Profile Method]] (a specific analysis method of textual data), its text belongs to the textual family [[Family Π|Π{{sup|a}}]] in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.<ref name="Wisse">{{Cite book | last=Wisse | first=Frederik | title=The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke | page=52 | year=1982 | publisher=[[William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company]] | location=Grand Rapids | isbn=0-8028-1918-4 | url=https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/63 | url-access=registration }}</ref>

=== Some notable readings ===
Below are some readings of the manuscript which agree or disagree with variant readings in other Greek manuscripts, or with varying ancient translations of the New Testament. See the main article [[Textual variants in the New Testament]].

{{bibleref|Matt|27:34}}
:{{lang|grc|οινον}} (''wine'') – '''K''' {{larger|{{script|Hebr|[[Codex Sinaiticus|א]]}}}} [[Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209|B]] [[Codex Bezae|D]] [[Codex Regius (New Testament)|L]] [[Codex Koridethi|Θ]] [[Family 1|ƒ{{sup|1}}]] [[Family 13|ƒ{{sup|13}}]] [[Minuscule 33|33]]
:{{lang|grc|οξος}} (''vinegar'') – [[Codex Alexandrinus|A]] [[Codex Washingtonianus|W]] [[Codex Climaci Rescriptus|0250]] Byz (see Psalm 69:22). According to textual critic [[Johann Jakob Wettstein]], the reading οινον came from the Latin versions.<ref name="Wettstein">{{Cite book | last=Wettstein | first=Johann Jakob | author-link=Johann Jakob Wettstein | title=Novum Testamentum Graecum editionis receptae cum lectionibus variantibus codicum manuscripts | url=https://archive.org/stream/hekainediatheken00clem#page/40/mode/2up|volume=1 | year=1751 | publisher=Ex Officina Dommeriana | location=Amsterdam | page=41 }}</ref>

{{bibleref|Mark|10:19}}
:{{lang|grc|μη αποστερησης}} (''do not defraud'')
::omit – '''K''' [[Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209|B]]* [[Codex Washingtonianus|W]] [[Codex Athous Lavrensis|Ψ]] [[Family 1|ƒ{{sup|1}}]] [[Family 13|ƒ{{sup|13}}]] [[Minuscule 28|28]] [[Minuscule 700|700]] 1010 1079 1242 1546 2148 [[Lectionary 10|'''ℓ''' ''10'']] '''ℓ''' ''950'' '''ℓ''' ''1642'' '''ℓ''' ''1761'' syr{{sup|s}} arm geo
::incl. – [[Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209|B]]{{sup|c1}} Majority of manuscripts<ref name="ubs3">{{Cite book| title=The Greek New Testament | editor-first1=Kurt | editor-last1=Aland | editor1-link=Kurt Aland | editor-first2=Matthew | editor-last2=Black | editor2-link=Matthew Black | editor-first3=Carlo M. | editor-last3=Martini | editor3-link=Carlo Maria Martini | editor-first4=Bruce M. | editor-last4=Metzger | editor4-link=Bruce Metzger | editor-first5=Allen | editor-last5=Wikgren | editor5-link=Allen Wikgren | publisher=United Bible Societies | edition=3rd | location=Stuttgart | year=1983 }} (UBS3)</ref>{{rp|165}}

{{bibleref|Mark|10:47}}
:{{lang|grc|Ναραιος}} (''Naraios'') – '''K'''*
:{{lang|grc|Ναζωραιος}} (''of Nazareth'') – '''K'''{{sup|c}} Majority of manuscripts{{r|ubs3|p=169}}

{{bibleref|Luke|9:55–56}}
:{{lang|grc|στραφεις δε επετιμησεν αυτοις και ειπεν, Ουκ οιδατε ποιου πνευματος εστε υμεις; ο γαρ υιος του ανθρωπου ουκ ηλθεν ψυχας ανθρωπων απολεσαι αλλα σωσαι}} (''but He turned and rebuked them and He said: "You do not know what manner of spirit you are of; for the Son of man came not to destroy men's lives but to save them'') – '''K''' [[Codex Petropolitanus (New Testament)|Π]] 1079 1242 1546 [[Family 1|ƒ{{sup|1}}]] (omit γαρ) [[Codex Koridethi|Θ]] [[Family 13|ƒ{{sup|13}}]] (omit υμεις and γαρ)
:omit – Majority of manuscripts{{r|ubs3|p=248}}

{{bibleref|Luke|14:5}}
:{{lang|grc|ὄνος ἢ βοῦς}} (''an ass or an ox'') – '''K''' {{larger|{{script|Hebr|[[Codex Sinaiticus|א]]}}}} [[Codex Regius (New Testament)|L]] [[Codex Monacensis (X 033)|X]] [[Codex Petropolitanus (New Testament)|Π]] [[Codex Athous Lavrensis|Ψ]] [[Family 1|ƒ{{sup|1}}]] [[Family 13|ƒ{{sup|13}}]] [[Minuscule 33|33]] [[Minuscule 892|892]] 1071, '''ℓ''' ''547''
:{{lang|grc|υἱὸς ἢ βοῦς}} (''a son or an ox'') – Majority of manuscripts{{r|ubs3|p=273}}

{{bibleref|John|3:19}}
:{{lang|grc|αυτων πονηρα τα εργα}} (''their works are evil'') – '''K''' (singular reading)
:{{lang|grc|πονηρα αυτων τα εργα}} (''evil are their works'')  – Majority of manuscripts<ref name="goj-byz">''The Gospel According to John in the Byzantine Tradition'' ([[Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft]]: Stuttgart 2007)</ref>{{rp|25}}

{{bibleref|John|7:8}}
:{{lang|grc|εγω ουκ αναβαινω}} (''I am not going'') – '''K''' {{larger|{{script|Hebr|[[Codex Sinaiticus|א]]}}}} [[Codex Bezae|D]] [[Minuscule 1241|1241]] f 
:{{lang|grc|εγω ουπω αναβαινω}} (''I am not yet going'') – '''K''' [[Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209|B]] [[Codex Regius (New Testament)|L]] [[Codex Borgianus|T]] [[Codex Washingtonianus|W]] [[Codex Koridethi|Θ]] [[Codex Athous Lavrensis|Ψ]] [[Uncial 0105|0105]] [[Uncial 0180|0180]] [[Codex Climaci Rescriptus|0250]] [[Family 1|ƒ{{sup|1}}]] [[Family 13|ƒ{{sup|13}}]] Majority of manuscripts<ref name="na26">{{Cite book | title=Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece | editor-first1=Kurt | editor-last1=Aland | editor1-link=Kurt Aland | editor-first2=Matthew | editor-last2=Black | editor2-link=Matthew Black | editor-first3=Carlo M. | editor-last3=Martini | editor3-link=Carlo Maria Martini | editor-first4=Bruce M. | editor-last4=Metzger | editor4-link=Bruce Metzger | editor-first5=Allen | editor-last5=Wikgren | editor5-link=Allen Wikgren | year=1981 | publisher=Deutsche Bibelstiftung | location=Stuttgart | isbn=3-438-051001 | edition=26}} (NA26)</ref>{{rp|269}}

{{bibleref|John|8:9}}
:{{lang|grc|οι δε ακουσαντες και υπο της συνειδησεως ελεγχομενοι εξερχοντο εις καθ εις}} (''They heard this, and being convicted by their conscience, began to leave one by one'') – '''K''' [[Codex Basilensis A. N. III. 12|E]] [[Codex Seidelianus I|G]] [[Codex Seidelianus II|H]] 1079 1365{{r|ubs3|p=357}}

{{bibleref|John|8:10a}}
:{{lang|grc|και μηδενα θεασαμενος πλην της γυναικος}} (''and seeing no one except the woman'') – '''K''' [[Family Kr|K{{sup|r}}]] 
:omit – [[Codex Bezae|D]] [[Codex Tischendorfianus IV|Γ]] [[Minuscule 1|1]] 892 1010{{r|na26|p=274}}

{{bibleref|John|8:10b}}
:{{lang|grc|που εισιν εκεινοι οι κατηγοροι σου}} (''Where are those accusers of yours?'') – '''K''' (singular reading)
:{{lang|grc|που εισιν οι κατηγοροι σου}} (''Where are your accusers?'') – [[Codex Basilensis A. N. III. 12|E]] [[Codex Boreelianus|F]] [[Codex Seidelianus I|G]] [[Codex Vaticanus 354|S]] [[Uncial 030|U]] [[Family 13|ƒ{{sup|13}}]] [[Minuscule 28|28]] [[Minuscule 225|225]] [[Minuscule 700|700]] 1009 1079
:{{lang|grc|που εισιν}} (''Where are they?'') – [[Codex Bezae|D]] [[Codex Campianus|M]] [[Codex Tischendorfianus IV|Γ]] Tischendorfianus III [[Family 1|ƒ{{sup|1}}]]{{r|ubs3|p=357}}

== History ==

=== Discovery and further research ===
The early history of the codex is unknown. It was brought from [[Cyprus]] to the Colbert Library (no. 5149) in Paris in 1673,{{r|Scrivener|p=136}} whence it passed into its present locality in the [[Bibliothèque nationale de France|National Library of France]].{{r|Tregelles|p=201}}

The manuscript was examined by biblical critic [[Richard Simon (priest)|Richard Simon]],<ref>{{Cite book | first=Richard | last=Simon | title=Histoire Critique du texte du Nouveau Testament | pages=101, 407 | year=1689 | publisher=Reinier Leers | location=Rotterdam | language=French | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MfBbAAAAQAAJ }}</ref> who made some extracts for textual critic [[John Mill (theologian)|John Mill]], who used readings from the codex in his edition of ''Novum Testamentum Graecum'' (an edition of the Greek New Testament) in 1710.<ref>{{Cite book | first=John | last=Mill | author-link=John Mill (theologian) | title=Novum Testamentum Graecum cum Lectionibus Variantibus | page=166, §1498 | year=1710 | publisher=John Fridericum Gleditsch | location=Amsterdam }}</ref> Palaeographer [[Bernard de Montfaucon]] published the first facsimile of a page from the codex containing the text of {{bibleref|Matthew|2:19–22}} in 1708, and used the manuscript for his palaeographical studies.<ref name="monti">{{Cite book | first=Bernard | last=de Montfaucon | title=Palaeoraphia Graeca | page=232 | year=1708 | location=Paris | url=http://en.calameo.com/read/0001070443b15b4eb3655}}</ref> Wettstein (for works published 1751-1752) employed readings from the codex, but with quite a large number of errors.{{r|Tregelles}} Biblical scholar [[Johann Martin Augustin Scholz|Johann M. A. Scholz]] valued it very highly, and he collated its text and noted its textual variants in 1820,{{r|Scholz|pp=53–90}} but with so little care and numerous errors that his list is now ignored.{{r|Scrivener}} Textual critic [[Constantin von Tischendorf]] produced a new collation in 1842, with Tregelles producing another independent collation in 1849, and in 1850 they compared their collations in [[Leipzig]], and created a new list.{{r|Scrivener}} Its textual variants are cited in Tischendorf's ''Editio Octava Critica maior'' (a critical edition of the Greek New Testament).{{r|Octava}} Scrivener published a facsimile with the text of {{bibleref|John|6:52–53}} in 1861.{{r|Scrivener|p=153, Plate VII}}
Historian [[Henri Omont]] and New Testament scholar [[William Hatch (theologian)|William Hatch]] published some fragments of the codex in separate facsimile samples in 1892 and 1896 respectively.<ref>{{Cite book | first=Henri | last=Omont | author-link=Henri Omont | title=Facsimilés des plus anciens manuscrits grecs de la Bibliothèque Nationale du IVe et XIIIe siècle | series= Bibliothèque de l'École des chartes | page=17/2 (Plate) | year=1892 | publisher=Ernest Leroux | location=Paris | language=fr }}; {{cite book | last=Omont | first=Henri | author-link=Henri Omont | title=Très anciens manuscrits grecs bibliques et classiques de la Bibliothèque nationale | series = Bibliothèque de l'École des chartes | page=5 (Plate) | year=1896 | publisher=Impr. Nationale | location=Paris | language=fr }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | first=William Henry Paine | last=Hatch | author-link=William Hatch (theologian) | title=The Principal Uncial Manuscripts of the New Testament | page=LXXV | year=1939 | publisher=University of Chicago Press | location=Chicago}}</ref>

The manuscript was also examined and described by biblical scholar [[Giuseppe Bianchini|Bianchini]] in 1749,<ref>{{Cite book | first=Giuseppe | last=Bianchini | title=Evangeliarium quadruplex latinae versionis antiquae seu veteris italicae | volume=2 | page=DIII | year=1749 | location=Rome}}</ref> and [[Caspar René Gregory]], who saw the codex in 1883.{{r|Gregory|p=55}}

Wettstein believed the text of the codex was altered by influence from Old Latin manuscripts.{{r|Wettstein}} [[William Hatch (theologian)|Hatch]] stated the manuscript is "one of the more important of the later uncial manuscripts of the four Gospels".{{r|Hatch|p=337}}

=== Dating ===
[[Richard Simon (priest)|Richard Simon]] dated the manuscript to the 10th century. According to Montfaucon{{r|monti|p=41, 231–233}} and Scholz, it was written in the 8th century. According to biblical scholar [[Johann Leonhard Hug|Leonard Hug]] it is not older than the ninth century, as several of the letter-forms in the manuscript have not been found in any other manuscript securely dated to before the 9th century.<ref>{{Cite book | first=Leonard | last=Hug | others=David Fosdick Jr (trans.) | title=Hug's introduction to the New Testament | page=174 | year=1836 | publisher=Gould and Newman | location=Andover | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9ixVAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA174}}</ref>

Tischendorf and Gregory dated the manuscript to the 9th century.{{r|Tischendorf|Gregory|p2=54}} Tregelles dated the manuscript to the middle of the ninth century.{{r|Tregelles}} Kenyon stated the manuscript must be not earlier than the 11th century, due to the formal liturgical hand and on palaeographic grounds. But Kenyon only saw Scrivener's facsimile, and his assessment was made only on the basis of this facsimile text.{{r|Silva-FamP|p=11}}

Omont advised it is impossible to give a precise date to this manuscript on palaeographical grounds, as there are many manuscripts written in the same style of handwriting, but they are not dated. The 9th century is just as possible as well as the 11th century.{{r|Silva-FamP|p=11}}

Lake proclaimed it is difficult to prove it was written earlier than the year 1000, and it is perhaps as late as the middle of the eleventh century.{{r|Silva-FamP|p=10}} This assessment was based rather on the textual dependency from other manuscript members of family Π, than on [[Palaeography|palaeographical]] grounds. According to Lake, Minuscule 1219 represents a text of family Π in its earlier stage as opposed to Codex Cyprius. Cyprius could have been copied from Minuscule 1219, or from a copy of Minuscule 1219 (Silva Lake's hypothetical ''codex b''). Minuscule 1219 can hardly have written before the year 980 or long after 990, and so as a result Codex Cyprius can hardly be dated long before the year 1000.{{r|Silva-FamP|p=36}}

Hatch argued the letters Β, Δ, Κ, Λ, Μ, Ξ, Π, Υ, Φ, Χ, Ψ, and Ω have forms which are characteristic of the late 10th or the early 11th century CE.{{r|Hatch}} Hatch also noted the handwriting of the codex bears a striking general resemblance to that of three Gospel lectionaries of the 10th and 11th centuries: [[Lectionary 3|'''ℓ''' ''3'']], [[Lectionary 296|'''ℓ''' ''296'']], and [[Lectionary 1599|'''ℓ''' ''1599'']]. On the other hand, no such likeness exists between the codex and uncial manuscripts of the New Testament which were written in the 9th century. As such, Hatch argued the manuscript should be dated to about 1000.{{r|Hatch}}

Kenyon,{{r|Kenyon}} Kurt Aland{{r|Aland}} and biblical scholar [[Bruce Metzger]] dated it to the 9th century.{{r|Ehrman}} The manuscript is now dated by the [[Institute for New Testament Textual Research|Institute for New Testament Textual Research (INTF)]] to the 9th century.{{r|INTF}}

The codex is currently located in the National Library of France (Gr. 63) in [[Paris]].{{r|Aland}}<ref name="INTF">{{Cite web | title=Liste Handschriften | publisher=Institute for New Testament Textual Research | location=Münster | url=http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php?ObjID=20017 | access-date=1 February 2023 }}</ref>

== See also ==
{{Portal|Bible}}
* [[Biblical manuscript]]
* [[List of New Testament uncials]]
* [[Textual criticism]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
; Related articles
* {{Cite book | first=Wilhelm | last=Bousset | author-link=Wilhelm Bousset | title=Die Gruppe K Π (M) in den Evangelien | url=https://archive.org/details/textkritischestu0000bous/page/n5/mode/2up | access-date=November 14, 2010 | series=Texte und Untersuchungen | volume=11 | year=1894 | publisher=Heinrichs | location=Leipzig | pages=111–135 | language=de }}

== External links ==
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* {{cite encyclopedia | url=http://www.skypoint.com/members/waltzmn/ManuscriptsUncials.html#uKe | title=New Testament Manuscripts Uncials | access-date=2010-11-12 | last=Waltz | first=Robert | encyclopedia=A Site Inspired By: The Encyclopedia of New Testament Textual Criticism }}
* [https://manuscripts.csntm.org/manuscript/Group/GA_017 Colour images of Codex Cyprius] (digital) at the [[CSNTM]].

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