| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospel of Luke 5 † |
|---|---|
| Date | 9th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | 1975 |
| Now at | Saint Catherine's Monastery |
| Size | 27 cm by 20.5 cm |
| Type | ? |
| Category | ? |
Uncial 0288 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 9th century.
Description
The codex contains a small parts of the text of the Gospel of Luke 5:33-34.36-37; 5:39-6:1.3-4, on 2 parchment leaves (27 cm by 20.5 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 27 lines per page, in uncial letters. The leaves have survived in a fragmentary condition.
It is a palimpsest, the upper text is in Greek written by minuscule hand, it contains part of the Old Testament.
Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 9th century.
Location
It is one of the manuscripts discovered in Saint Catherine's Monastery at Sinai in May 1975, during the restoration work. Currently the codex is housed at the St. Catherine's Monastery (N.E. ΜΓ 98) in Sinai.
See also
References
- ^ 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.
- "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- Together with other uncials: 12 leaves from Codex Sinaiticus, 0278, 0279, 0280, 0281, 0282, 0283, 0284, 0285, 0286, 0287, 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.