Uncial 047 - History

History

Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 8th century.

The codex was discovered by Gregory in 1886, who gave first description of the codex.

The codex was formerly held in the monastery of St. Andrew on Athos Peninsula. C. R. Gregory examined it in 1886. It was brought by T. Whittemore to the United States. Since 1942 the codex is located in the Princeton University Library (Library Μed. and Ren. Mss, Garrett 1), in Princeton, New Jersey.

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