Uncial 0197 Explained

Uncial 0197 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 9th-century.

Description

The codex contains a small parts of the Matthew 20:22-23,25-27; 22:30-32,34-37, on two parchment leaves (27 cm by 24.5 cm). It is written in one column per page, 12 lines per page, in very large uncial letters. It is a palimpsest, the lower text is in Syriac.[1] [2]

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

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 9th-century.

The codex currently is housed at the Benedictine Abbey in Beuron.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Aland , Kurt . Kurt Aland

    . Kurt Aland . Aland . Barbara . Barbara Aland . Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) . The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism . . 1995 . Grand Rapids . 124 . limited . 978-0-8028-4098-1.

  2. Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 23 April 2011 . Münster.