Uncial 0298 Explained

Uncial 0298 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek-Coptic uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 8th or 9th century.

Description

The codex contains a small parts of the Gospel of Matthew 26:24-29 in Greek and Matthew 26:17-21 in Coptic (Sahidic dialect), on 1 parchment leaf . The text is written in one column per page, 19 lines per page, in uncial letters.[1]

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 8th or 9th century.[1] [2]

It is a palimpsest, the lower text is in Latin, it was written in the 5th century.[1]

The text of the manuscript was published by Ramón Roca-Puig in 1985.

Location

Formerly the codex was housed at the Fundación Sant Lluc Evangelista (P. Barc., inv. n. 4) in Barcelona.[1] Currently it is housed at the Abadia de Montserrat (P. Monts. Roca inv. no. 4).[2]

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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 . 127–128 . limited . 978-0-8028-4098-1.

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