| 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 |
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.
Description
The 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.
Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 6th century.
It is a palimpsest, the upper text is written in Georgian language.
Location
Currently the codex is housed at the Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham (Mingana Georg. 7).
Text
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category II.
See also
References
- ^ 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
- 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.