Uncial 0291 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), is a
Greek uncial manuscript
A manuscript (abbreviated MS for singular and MSS for plural) was, traditionally, any document written by hand or typewritten, as opposed to mechanically printed or reproduced in some indirect or automated way. More recently, the term has ...
of the
New Testament
The New Testament (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus, as well as events relating to Christianity in the 1st century, first-century Christianit ...
.
Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 7th or 8th century. Only one leaf of the codex has survived.
Description
The codex contains a part of the text of the
Gospel of Luke 8:45-9:2, on one parchment leaf (). The text is written in two columns per page, 27 lines per page, in small uncial letters.
[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. ]
Currently it is dated by the
INTF to the 7th or 8th century.
Location
It is one of the manuscripts discovered in Saint Catherine's Monastery at Sinai in May 1975, during the restoration work.[Together with other uncials: 12 leaves from Codex Sinaiticus, 0278, 0279, 0280, 0281, 0282, 0283, 0284, 0285, 0286, 0287, 0288, 0289, 0290, 0292, 0293, 0294, 0295, 0296. ]
Currently the codex is housed at the St. Catherine's Monastery (N.E. ΜΓ 1) in Sinai.[
]
See also
* List of New Testament uncials
A New Testament uncial is a section of the New Testament in Greek or Latin majuscule letters, written on parchment or vellum. This style of writing is called ''Biblical Uncial'' or ''Biblical Majuscule''.
New Testament uncials are distinct fr ...
* Biblical manuscript
* Textual criticism
Textual criticism is a branch of textual scholarship, philology, and literary criticism that is concerned with the identification of textual variants, or different versions, of either manuscripts (mss) or of printed books. Such texts may rang ...
References
Further reading
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Greek New Testament uncials
7th-century biblical manuscripts