Uncial 0290

Uncial 0290

New Testament manuscript

Text Gospel of John 18:4-20:2
Date 9th-century
Script Greek-Arabic
Found 1975
Now at Saint Catherine's Monastery
Size 29 cm by 17 cm
Type ?
Category ?

Uncial 0290 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek-Arabic diglot uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 9th-century.

Description

The codex contains a part of the text of the Gospel of John 18:4-20:2, on 8 paper leaves (29 cm by 17 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 24 lines per page, in uncial letters.[1][2]

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] The text was published by L. Politis in 1980.[4]

Currently the codex is housed at the St. Catherine's Monastery (N.E. ΜΓ 102) in Sinai.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 43.
  2. 1 2 3 "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, 0287, 0288, 0289, 0291, 0292, 0293, 0294, 0295, 0296.
  4. L. Politis, "Nouveaux manuscrits grecs decouvers au Mont Sinai. Raport preliminaire", Scriptorium 34, (1980), pp. 5-17.

Further reading


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