Uncial 0240
Uncial 0240 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 5th century.[1]
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Titus 1:4-8 |
|---|---|
| Date | 5th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Georgian National Center of Manuscripts |
| Size | 26 x 22 cm |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | II |
Description
The codex contains a small part of the Epistle to Titus 1:4-8, on one parchment leaf (26 cm by 22 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 23 lines per page, in uncial letters.[1]
It is a palimpsest. The upper text is written in Georgian, it contains a menologion.[1]
Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 5th century.[1][2]
The manuscript was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Kurt Aland in 1956.[3]
It was examined by Pasquale Orsini.[4]
Text
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category II.[1]
Location
Currently the codex is housed at the Georgian National Center of Manuscripts (2123, ff. 191, 198) in Tbilisi.[1]
References
- 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. 126. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
- Kurt Aland (1963). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechieschen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. p. 11.
- P. Orsini, Manoscritti in maiuscola biblica, p. 291-292.
Further reading
- Bruce M. Metzger, A Hitherto Neglected Early Fragment of the Epistle to Titus, Nov T 3 (Leiden, 1956), pp. 149-150.
- G. Zereteli, Un palimpseste grec du Ve siècle sur parchemin (Epist. ad Fit. [sic] 1.4-6,7-9), Académie royale de Belgique: Bulletin de la classe des lettres Ve, sér. 18 (1932), pp. 427-432.
- Kurt Treu, Die Griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments in der USSR; eine systematische Auswertung des Texthandschriften in Leningrad, Moskau, Kiev, Odessa, Tbilisi und Erevan, T & U 91 (Berlin: 1966), pp. 353-354.