Uncial 0245 Explained

Uncial 0245 (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 a small part of the 1 John 3:23-4:1,3-6, on 1 parchment leaf (27 cm by 20 cm). Written in one columns per page, 23 lines per page, in uncial letters.^[1]

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 6th century.^{[1] [2]}

It is a palimpsest, the upper text is written in Georgian language.

Location

Currently the codex is housed at the Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham (Mingana Georg. 7).^[1]

Text

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

See also

• List of New Testament uncials
• Textual criticism

Further reading

• Garitte, G., "Les feuillets géorgiens de la collection Mingana a Selly Oak (Birmingham)", Le Muséon 73, (Louvain, 1960), pp. 239–259.
• Greenlee, J. H., "Nine Uncial Palimpsests of the New Testament", Studies & Documents 39 (Salt Lake City, 1968).
• Birdsall. J. Neville. Two Notes of New Testament Palaeography, 2. The Preservation of New Testament ms. 0245 (Selly Oak Colleges, Mingana Georg. 7). The Journal of Theological Studies. Oxford. 1975. 26/2. 394–398.

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 . limited . 978-0-8028-4098-1.

2. Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 25 April 2011 . Münster.