Uncial 0285

Uncial 0285

New Testament manuscript

Text Pauline epistles † 1 Peter
Date 6th century
Script Greek
Found 1975
Now at Saint Catherine's Monastery
Russian National Library
Size 29 cm by 19.5 cm
Type Alexandrian text-type
Category II

Uncial 0285 (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 the text of the Pauline epistles and 1 Peter with numerous lacunae, on 20 parchment leaves (29 cm by 19.5 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 18 lines per page, in uncial letters. The leaves have survived in a fragmentary condition.[1]

Romans 5:12.14; 8:37-9:5; 13:1-4; 13:11-14:3; 1 Corinthians 4:2-7; 12:16.18.21-30; 14:26-33; Ephesians 3:13-20; 5:28-6:1; 1 Timothy 1:1-7; Hebrews 8:9-9:1; 9:25-10:2; 11:3-7; 12:22-13:25; 1 Peter 3:17-4:1.

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type.

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 6th 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] Currently the codex is housed at the St. Catherine's Monastery (N.E. ΜΓ 70) in Sinai.

This manuscript was part of the same codex to which Uncial 081 belonged. 081 was brought to Russia in the 1859 by Tischendorf and it is housed at the Russian National Library (Gr. 9,2) in Saint Petersburg.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 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.
  2. ↑ "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, 0286, 0287, 0288, 0289, 0290, 0291, 0292, 0293, 0294, 0295, 0296.

Further reading

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