Uncial 056

[1] The codex contains a complete text of the Acts of Apostles, General epistles, and Pauline epistles with a commentary much like Oecumenius, and a catena of various Fathers, on 381 parchment leaves (29.8 cm by 23.3 cm).

[3] The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type, with the strong the Alexandrian element in General epistles (about 20%).

[4] In Acts 20:15 it reads και μειναντες εν Στρογγυλιω along with 0142.

[6] The manuscript formerly belonged to the monastery of St. Athanasius on Athos.

[3] It was examined by Montfaucon, Wettstein, Tischendorf, and C. R. Gregory (1885).