Uncial 0240 Explained

Uncial 0240 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 5th century.

Description

The codex contains a small part of the Epistle to Titus 1:4-8, on one parchment leaf (26 cm by 22 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 23 lines per page, in uncial letters.^[1]

It is a palimpsest. The upper text is written in Georgian, it contains a menologion.

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 5th century.^{[1] [2]}

The manuscript was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Kurt Aland in 1956.^[3]

It was examined by Pasquale Orsini.^[4]

Text

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category II.^[1]

Location

Currently the codex is housed at the Georgian National Center of Manuscripts (2123, ff. 191, 198) in Tbilisi.^[1]

See also

• List of New Testament uncials
• Textual criticism

Further reading

• Bruce M. Metzger, A Hitherto Neglected Early Fragment of the Epistle to Titus, Nov T 3 (Leiden, 1956), pp. 149-150.
• G. Zereteli, Un palimpseste grec du V^e siècle sur parchemin (Epist. ad Fit. [sic] 1.4-6,7-9), Académie royale de Belgique: Bulletin de la classe des lettres V^e, sér. 18 (1932), pp. 427-432.
• Kurt Treu, Die Griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments in der USSR; eine systematische Auswertung des Texthandschriften in Leningrad, Moskau, Kiev, Odessa, Tbilisi und Erevan, T & U 91 (Berlin: 1966), pp. 353-354.

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 . 126 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.

2. Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 25 April 2011 . Münster.
3. Book: Kurt Aland . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechieschen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments . Berlin . Walter de Gruyter . 1963 . 11.
4. P. Orsini, Manoscritti in maiuscola biblica, p. 291-292.