uncial · Greek · OT + NT

Codex Alexandrinus

Also known as: A, 02

AD 400 – AD 440 (~AD 425) · dated by paleography

Evidence card

A quick read on the physical object before the interpretive summary.

2 sources

Artifact

uncial · Greek

Date basis

AD 400 – AD 440 (~AD 425) · paleography

Survival

~85% physically present

Contents

ot-lxx Most of LXX OT; nt Most of NT (lacks most of Matthew, parts of John and 2 Corinthians); 1-clement; 2-clement

Artifact/map cue

Held at British Library, London

Date

AD 400 – AD 440 (~AD 425)

Passage represented

ot-lxx Most of LXX OT; nt Most of NT (lacks most of Matthew, parts of John and 2 Corinthians); 1-clement; 2-clement

Fragmentary or partial witness

How much survives

~85% of the claimed text is physically present

Why it matters

Gifted to Charles I in 1627 by the Patriarch of Constantinople. The first major uncial used in modern textual criticism. Includes 1 and 2 Clement as part of the NT — more evidence of unsettled canon boundaries.

What it contains

ot-lxx — Most of LXX OT
nt — Most of NT (lacks most of Matthew, parts of John and 2 Corinthians)
1-clement
2-clement (partial)

~85% of the claimed text is physically present.

Notable readings

Mark 16:9-20

INCLUDED — one of the earliest witnesses to the long ending

John 7:53-8:11

OMITTED

Where & when

Held at: British Library, London

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