Uncial 0269 Explained

Uncial 0269 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 83 (Soden), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 9th century.

Description

The codex contains a small part of the Gospel of Mark 6:14-20, on one parchment leaf (33 cm by 25 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 25 lines per page, in uncial letters. It is a palimpsest,^[1] the upper text contains menaion.

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 9th century.^{[1] [2]}

Location

Currently the codex is housed at the British Library (Add. 31919, f. 23) in London.^[1]

Text

The Greek text of this codex is mixed with predominate the Byzantine element. Aland placed it in Category III.^[1]

See also

• List of New Testament uncials
• Textual criticism
• Uncial 0133

Further reading

• J. Harold Greenlee, Codex 0269: A Palimpsest Fragment of Mark, in: James Keith Elliott, "Studies in New Testament Language and Text", Novum Testamentum Supplements XLIV (Leiden, 1976), pp. 235-238.

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 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.

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