title: Uncial 050
text: # Uncial 050
  
  Uncial 050 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), $C^{ι1}$ (von Soden), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 9th century. Formerly it was labelled by O or $W^e.$
  
  ## Description
  
  The codex contains the text of the Gospel of John, with a numerous lacunae, on 19 parchment leaves (32.5 cm by 24 cm). Some leaves have survived in a fragmentary condition. The text is written in one column per page, 5-9 lines per page, 17-24 letters in line. The uncial letters are large. It has breathings and accents.
  
  The biblical text is surrounded by a catena. The text of commentary is written in minuscule.
  
  It contains text John 1:1.3-4; 2:17-3:8.12-13.20-22, 4:7-14, 20:10-13.15-17.
  
  Verse 21:25 is repeated twice and 20:17 even thrice.
  
  ## Text
  
  The Greek text of the codex is mixed with the Byzantine, Alexandrian, and Western readings. Several times it concurs with Papyrus 75 (John 2:17; 3:12 etc.). Aland placed it in Category III.
  
  In John 3:12 it has textual variant πιστευετε (you believe) – instead of πιστευσετε (you will believe) – along with the manuscripts Papyrus 75 and Uncial 083.
  
  ## History
  
  Possibly the codex was written in Athos peninsula. The Moscow fragment was brought from the Dionysiou monastery.
  
  The fragment John 4:7-14 (three leaves) was discovered by Bradshaw in 1863. Kitchin show it for Tischendorf (1865).
  
  It was examined by Tregelles.
  
  The codex is divided and located in four places. 2 leaves are housed at the Εθνική Βιβλιοθήκη (1371) in Athens, 7 leaves in the Dionysiou monastery 2 (71), in Athos, 7 leaves in the State Historical Museum (V. 29, S. 119), and 3 leaves in the Christ Church (Wake 2,3).
  
  