Uncial 0248

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Uncial 0248
New Testament manuscript
TextMatthew
Date9th century
ScriptGreek
Now atBodleian Library
Size21 cm by 15.5 cm
TypeByzantine text-type
CategoryV

Uncial 0248 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 9th century.[1]

Description[edit]

The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Matthew 1; 12-14; 19-21, on 70 parchment leaves (21 cm by 15.5 cm), with some lacunae. It is written in two columns per page, 24 lines per page, in uncial letters.[1]

It is a palimpsest, twice rewritten.[1]

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

Location[edit]

Currently the codex is housed at the Bodleian Library (MS. Auct. T. 4.21) in Oxford.[1]

Text[edit]

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[1]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f 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.
  2. ^ "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 25 April 2011.

Further reading[edit]

  • J. H. Greenlee, Nine Uncial Palimpsests of the New Testament, S & D 39 (Salt Lake City, 1968).