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Sinope Gospels |
| Uncial 023 | |
 A page from the Sinope Gospels. The miniature at the bottom shows Christ healing the blind |
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| Name | Sinope Gospels |
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| Sign | O |
| Text | Gospel of Matthew |
| Date | c. 550 |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Sinope 1899 |
| Now at | Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Size | 30 x 25 cm |
| Type | Byzantine |
| Category | V |
The Sinope Gospels, designed by O or 023 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 21 (Soden), also known as the Codex Sinopensis, is a fragment of a 6th century illuminated Greek Gospel Book. Along with the Rossano Gospels, the Sinope Gospels has been dated, on the basis of the style of the miniatures, to the mid-6th century. The Rossano Gospels, however are considered to be earlier. Like Rossanensis and the Vienna Genesis, the Sinope Gospels are written on purple dyed vellum.
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There are only 44 extant folios in the Sinope Gospels. These folios carry unframed miniatures at the bottom of the page which are similar in style to the miniatures in the Rossano Gospels. The folios measure approximately 30 cm by 25 cm. Written in one column per page, 15 lines per column, in silver writing and gold.1 It is written in very large uncial letters.
It was written in 6th century. The style of illustrations suggests Syria or Palestine (even Mesopotamia) as a place of its origin. The codex was discovered in 1899 at Sinope (hence its name), by French officer. Its text was edited by Henri Omont in 1901. 43 leaves (except one) of the codex now are located at the Bibliothèque Nationale (Manuscrits occidentaux, Supplement Grec. 1286) at Paris.1
According to B. H. Streeter it is a tertiary witness of Caesarean text-type. This opinion was supported by Bruce Metzger.2 Aland placed it in Category V, and it means the Byzantine text-type.1
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