Uncial 0239

New Testament manuscripts
papyri • uncials • minuscules • lectionaries
Uncial 0239
Text Luke 2:27-30,34
Date 7th century
Script Greek-Coptic diglot
Now at British Library
Size 26 x 21 cm
Type mixed
Category III

Uncial 0239 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek-Coptic uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 7th century.

Contents

Description

The codex contains a small part of the Gospel of Luke 2:27-30,34, on one parchment leaf (26 cm by 21 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 25 lines per page, in uncial letters.[1]

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 7th century.[1][2]

Location

Currently the codex is housed at the British Library in London, with the shelf number Ox. 4717 (16).[1]

Text

The Greek text of this codex is mixed. Aland placed it in Category III.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Aland, Kurt; Barbara Aland; Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1. 
  2. ^ "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php. Retrieved 23 April 2011. 

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