Uncial 0256
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | John 6:32-33,35-37 |
|---|---|
| Date | 8th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Austrian National Library |
| Size | 4 x 4 cm |
| Type | mixed |
| Category | III |
Uncial 0256 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 8th century.[1]
Description
[edit]The codex contains two small parts of the Gospel of John 6:32-33,35-37, on one parchment leaf (4 cm by 4 cm). The text is written in one column per page, 4 or 6 lines per page, in uncial letters. It contains a commentary.[1]
The nomina sacra are written in an abbreviated way.[2]
Text
[edit]The Greek text of this codex is mixed. Aland placed it in Category III.[1]
It is dated by the INTF to the 8th century.[1][3]
Location
[edit]The codex is housed at the Austrian National Library (Pap. G. 26084) in Vienna.[1] Karl Wessely believed the manuscript came from Fayyum.[4]
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. p. 127. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ^ Porters 2008, p. 160.
- ^ "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ Porters 2008, p. 160.
Further reading
[edit]- K. Niederwimmer (1965). "Bisher unedierte Fragmente biblischen Inhalts aus der Sammlung Erzherzog Rainer". Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinischen Gesellschaft (14). Vienna: 10–11.
- U. B. Schmid, D. C. Parker, W. J. Elliott, The Gospel according to St. John: The majuscules (Brill 2007), pp. 143-144. [text of the codex]