Uncial 0271 Explained

Uncial 0271 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), 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 Matthew 12:27-39, on one parchment leaf (33 cm by 26 cm). Written in two columns per page, 26 lines per page, in uncial letters. It is a palimpsest, the upper text contains menaeon in Greek. Formerly it was included together with Uncial 0272 and Uncial 0273 in Uncial 0133.^[1]

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

Location

The codex is currently housed at the British Library (Add MS 31919, f. 22) in London.^[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

Notes and References

1. Book: 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.