Uncial 0256 Explained

Uncial 0256 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 8th century.

Description

The codex contains two small parts of the Gospel of John 6:32-33,35-37, on one parchment leaf (4 cm by 4 cm). The text is written in one column per page, 4 or 6 lines per page, in uncial letters. It contains a commentary.^[1]

The nomina sacra are written in an abbreviated way.^[2]

Text

The Greek text of this codex is mixed. Aland placed it in Category III.^[1]

It is dated by the INTF to the 8th century.^{[1] [3]}

Location

The codex is housed at the Austrian National Library (Pap. G. 26084) in Vienna.^[1] Karl Wessely believed the manuscript came from Fayyum.^[4]

See also

• List of New Testament uncials
• Textual criticism

Further reading

• K. Niederwimmer . Bisher unedierte Fragmente biblischen Inhalts aus der Sammlung Erzherzog Rainer . Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinischen Gesellschaft . 14 . Vienna . 1965 . 10–11.
• U. B. Schmid, D. C. Parker, W. J. Elliott, The Gospel according to St. John: The majuscules (Brill 2007), pp. 143-144. [text of the codex]

Notes and References

1. Book: Kurt Aland

   . Aland . Kurt . 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 . 127 . limited . 978-0-8028-4098-1.

2. Porters 2008, p. 160.
3. Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 31 October 2020 . Münster.
4. Porters 2008, p. 160.