Uncial 0287

Uncial 0287

New Testament manuscript

Text Gospels
Date 9th century
Script Greek-Arabic
Found 1975
Now at Saint Catherine's Monastery
Size 29.8 cm by 20.5 cm
Type ?
Category ?

Uncial 0287 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek-Arabic uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 9th century.[1]

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels with numerous lacunae, on 10+70 paper leaves (29.8 cm by 20.5 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 22 lines per page, in uncial letters. The leaves survived in a fragmentary condition.[1]

It contains texts Matthew 1-8; 21; 22,1-3; Mark 16,19; Luke 1-12; John 2; 10; 12; 13; 17; 20; 21.

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 9th century.[1][2]

Location

It is one of the manuscripts discovered in Saint Catherine's Monastery at Sinai in May 1975, during the restoration work.[3] Currently one part of the codex is housed at the St. Catherine's Monastery (N.E. ΜΓ 97) in Sinai, another part at the Russian National Library in Saint Petersburg.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, “Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments”, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 43.
  2. "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  3. Together with other uncials: 12 leaves from Codex Sinaiticus, 0278, 0279, 0280, 0281, 0282, 0283, 0284, 0285, 0286, 0288, 0289, 0290, 0291, 0292, 0293, 0294, 0295, 0296.

Further reading

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