Uncial 0245 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 6th century.
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | 1 John 3-4 |
|---|---|
| Date | 6th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | University of Birmingham |
| Size | 27 cm by 20 cm |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | II |
Description
editThe codex contains a small part of the 1 John 3:23-4:1,3-6, on 1 parchment leaf (27 cm by 20 cm). Written in one columns per page, 23 lines per page, in uncial letters.[1]
Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 6th century.[1][2]
It is a palimpsest, the upper text is written in Georgian language.[1]
Location
editCurrently the codex is housed at the Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham (Mingana Georg. 7).[1]
Text
editThe Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category II.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ^ "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
Further reading
edit- Garitte, G., "Les feuillets géorgiens de la collection Mingana a Selly Oak (Birmingham)", Le Muséon 73, (Louvain, 1960), pp. 239–259.
- Greenlee, J. H., "Nine Uncial Palimpsests of the New Testament", Studies & Documents 39 (Salt Lake City, 1968).
- Birdsall, J. Neville (1975). "Two Notes of New Testament Palaeography, 2. The Preservation of New Testament ms. 0245 (Selly Oak Colleges, Mingana Georg. 7)". The Journal of Theological Studies. 26/2. Oxford: 394–398.