Uncial 0273 Explained

Uncial 0273 (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 parts of the Gospel of John, on 3 parchment leaves (33 cm by 26 cm). It is written in two columns per page, 25 lines per page, in uncial letters. It is a palimpsest, the upper text contains menaeon in Greek. Formerly it was included together with Uncial 0271 and Uncial 0272 in Uncial 0133 (because of similarities).^[1]

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

Contents

The codex contains: Gospel of John 2:7-3:5; 4:23-37; 5:35-6:2.^[3]

Text

The Greek text of this codex probably is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it with hesitation in Category V.^[1]

Location

The codex is housed at the British Library (Add MS 31919, ff. 29, 99, 101) in London.^[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.
3. Kurt Aland, Synopsis Quattuor Evangeliorum. Locis parallelis evangeliorum apocryphorum et patrum adhibitis edidit, Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart 1996, p. XXVI.