Uncial 0229
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Revelation 18:16-17; 19:4-6 |
|---|---|
| Date | 8th-century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Laurentian Library |
| Size | 11 x 23 cm |
| Type | mixed |
| Category | III |
Uncial 0229 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 8th century. It is a palimpsest.
Description
[edit]The manuscript contains a small part of the Book of Revelation (18:16-17; 19:4-6), on two parchment leaves (11 cm by 23 cm). The text is written in one column per page, 16 lines per page.[1]
It is a palimpsest, the lower text is Coptic.[1] It contains a calendar text with list of Egyptian months.[2]
The Greek text of this codex is mixed. Kurt Aland placed it in Category III.[1]
Guglielmo Cavallo dated the manuscript to the 7th or 8th century.[2] It is dated by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research to the 8th century.[1][3]
The manuscript was found in Antinoopolis (El-Sheikh Ibada) in Egypt. It was examined by Giovanni Mercati (1953) and Mario Naldini (1965). Mercati transcribed the text of the codex.[2]
The manuscript was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Kurt Aland in 1953.[4]
The codex used to be housed at the Laurentian Library (PSI 1296b), in Florence.[1][3] According to the Liste, 0229 has been destroyed.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. pp. 125–126. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ^ a b c PSI 13 1296 at the Leuven Database of Ancient Books
- ^ a b c "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
- ^ Kurt Aland (1963). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechieschen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. p. 10.
Further reading
[edit]- G. Mercati, Pubblicazioni della Società Italiana XIII (1953), pp. 1, 8-11.