Codex Cyprius

Uncial 017

New Testament manuscript
Gospel of Matthew
Name	Cyprius
Sign	Ke
Text	Gospels
Date	9th century
Script	Greek
Found	Cyprus 1673
Now at	National Library of France
Size	26 cm by 19 cm
Type	Byzantine text-type
Category	V

Codex Cyprius, designated by K^e or 017 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament Manuscripts), ε71 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts), or Codex Colbertinus 5149, is a Greek uncial manuscript of the four Gospels, written on parchment. It is one of the few uncial manuscripts with the complete text of the four Gospels, and it is one of the more important late uncial manuscripts. It was brought from Cyprus (hence the name of the codex) to Paris.

The text of the manuscript has been examined by many scholars. It is considered to mainly represent the Byzantine text-type (see Textual character below), but it has numerous peculiar readings. It has been variously dated from the 8th to the 11th centuries, but using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it is currently dated to the 9th century.