| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospel of Matthew 6-27 |
|---|---|
| Date | 7th/8th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | 1975 |
| Now at | Saint Catherine's Monastery |
| Size | 20 cm by 17 cm |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | ? |
Uncial 0281 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 7th or 8th century.
Description
The codex contains a small parts of the Gospel of Matthew 6-27, on 47 parchment leaves (20 cm by 17 cm). The text is written in one column per page, 20 lines per page, in uncial letters. It is a palimpsest, the upper text contains part of the Old Testament.
Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 7th or 8th century.
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the late Alexandrian text-type.
It agrees 18 times with Codex Sinaiticus and 12 times with Codex Vaticanus.
Location
It is one of the manuscripts discovered in Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai in May 1975, during restoration work. Currently the codex is housed at the monastery (N.E. ΜΓ 29).
See also
References
- ^ K. Aland; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 42.
- "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
- Uncial 0281 Archived 2009-01-24 at the Wayback Machine at the Wieland Willker, "Textual Commentary"
- Together with other uncials: 12 leaves from Codex Sinaiticus, 0278, 0279, 0280, 0282, 0283, 0284, 0285, 0286, 0287, 0288, 0289, 0290, 0291, 0292, 0293, 0294, 0295, 0296.
Further reading
- Linos Politis (1980). "Nouveaux manuscrits grecs découverts au Mont Sinaï. Rapport Préliminaire". Scriptorium. 34: 5-17.
External links
- Uncial 0281 at the Wieland Willker, "Textual Commentary" 2015.