Uncial 0281

Uncial **0281**
	New Testament manuscript; papyri; uncials; minuscules; lectionaries;
Text	Gospel of Matthew 6-27
Date	7th/8th century
Script	Greek
Found	1975
Now at	Saint Catherine's Monastery
Size	20 cm by 17 cm
Type	Alexandrian text-type
Category	?

Uncial 0281 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 7th or 8th century.[1]

Description

The codex contains a small parts of the Gospel of Matthew 6-27, on 47 parchment leaves (20 cm by 17 cm). The text is written in one column per page, 20 lines per page, in uncial letters. It is a palimpsest, the upper text contains part of the Old Testament.[1]

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 7th or 8th century.[1][2]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the late Alexandrian text-type.

It agrees 18 times with Codex Sinaiticus and 12 times with Codex Vaticanus.[3]

Location

It is one of the manuscripts discovered in Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai in May 1975, during restoration work.[4] Currently the codex is housed at the monastery (N.E. ΜΓ 29).[1]

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References

K. Aland; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 42.
"Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
Uncial 0281 Archived 2009-01-24 at the Wayback Machine at the Wieland Willker, "Textual Commentary"
Together with other uncials: 12 leaves from Codex Sinaiticus, 0278, 0279, 0280, 0282, 0283, 0284, 0285, 0286, 0287, 0288, 0289, 0290, 0291, 0292, 0293, 0294, 0295, 0296.

External links

Uncial 0281 at the Wieland Willker, "Textual Commentary" 2015.

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[Aland-1] K. Aland; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 42.

[INTF-2] "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 25 April 2011.

[3] Uncial 0281 Archived 2009-01-24 at the Wayback Machine at the Wieland Willker, "Textual Commentary"

[4] Together with other uncials: 12 leaves from Codex Sinaiticus, 0278, 0279, 0280, 0282, 0283, 0284, 0285, 0286, 0287, 0288, 0289, 0290, 0291, 0292, 0293, 0294, 0295, 0296.