Uncial 0284 Explained

Uncial 0284 (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 a small parts of the Gospel of Matthew 26:75-27:7; 27:9-11.13-17; 28:15-18.20, on 2 parchment leaves . The text is written in two columns per page, 29 lines per page, in uncial letters. The leaves have survived in a fragmentary condition. It is a palimpsest.^[1] The upper text contains Scala paradisi of Johannes Climacus.^[2]

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

Location

It is one of the manuscripts discovered in Saint Catherine's Monastery at Sinai in May 1975, during the restoration work.^[4] Currently the codex is housed at the St. Catherine's Monastery (N.E. ΜΓ 48) in Sinai.^[1]

See also

• List of New Testament uncials
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism

Further reading

• Linos Politis . Nouveaux manuscrits grecs découverts au Mont Sinaï. Rapport Préliminaire . Scriptorium . 34 . 1980 . 5-17.

Notes and References

1. K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, “Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments”, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 43.
2. https://pinakes.irht.cnrs.fr/notices/cote/61086/ Egypte Sinai Monê tês Hagias Aikaterinês, ΝΕ gr. ΜΓ 048
3. Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 25 April 2011 . Münster.
4. Together with other uncials: 12 leaves from Codex Sinaiticus, 0278, 0279, 0280, 0281, 0282, 0283, 0285, 0286, 0287, 0288, 0289, 0290, 0291, 0292, 0293, 0294, 0295, 0296.