Uncial 0245

Uncial 0245
New Testament manuscript
Text1 John 3-4
Date6th century
ScriptGreek
Now atUniversity of Birmingham
Size27 cm by 20 cm
TypeAlexandrian text-type
CategoryII

Uncial 0245 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 6th century.

Description

The codex contains a small part of the 1 John 3:23-4:1,3-6, on 1 parchment leaf (27 cm by 20 cm). Written in one columns per page, 23 lines per page, in uncial letters.

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 6th century.

It is a palimpsest, the upper text is written in Georgian language.

Location

Currently the codex is housed at the Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham (Mingana Georg. 7).

Text

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category II.

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