Uncial 0265 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek

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of the

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. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the

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Description

The codex contains small parts of the

Gospel of Luke The Gospel of Luke is the third of the New Testament's four canonical Gospels. It tells of the origins, Nativity of Jesus, birth, Ministry of Jesus, ministry, Crucifixion of Jesus, death, Resurrection of Jesus, resurrection, and Ascension of ...

7:20-21,34-35, on one parchment leaf (27 cm by 22 cm). It is survived in a fragmentary condition. Probably it was written in two columns per page, 25 lines per page, in uncial letters. Currently it is dated by the

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to the 6th century.

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Currently the codex is housed at the

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(P. 16994) in

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Text

The Greek text of this

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is a representative of the

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, though text is too brief for certainty. Aland with some hesitation placed it in Category V.

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