Uncial 097 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 1003 (Soden),[1] is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated palaeographically to the 7th-century.[2]
The codex contains a small part of the Acts of the Apostles 13:39-46, on one parchment leaf (26 cm by 21 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 18 lines per page, in large uncial letters. It is a palimpsest, the upper text was written in Georgian, in the 10th century.[2]
The Greek text of this codex is mixed, but predominate the Byzantine element. Aland placed it with some hesitation in Category III (Category V?).[2]
Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 7th-century.[2] [3]
The manuscript was examined by Constantin von Tischendorf, who published its text in facsimile edition.[4] It was again examined by Kurt Treu.
The codex is located now at the Russian National Library (Gr. 18)[5] in Saint Petersburg.[2]
. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 40.
. 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 . 121 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.