Uncial 0272

Uncial 0272 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 9th century.

Uncial 0272

New Testament manuscript papyri uncials minuscules lectionaries
Text	Luke 16-17 †; 19 †
Date	9th century
Script	Greek
Now at	British Library
Size	33 x 26 cm
Type	Byzantine text-type
Category	V

Description

The codex contains a small parts of the Gospel of Luke, on 3 parchment leaves (33 cm by 26 cm). It is written in two columns per page, 25 lines per page, in uncial letters. It is a palimpsest, the upper text contains menaeon in Greek. Formerly it was included together with Uncial 0271 and Uncial 0273 in Uncial 0133 (because of similarities).[1]

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 9th century.[1][2]

Contents

The codex contains: Gospel of Luke 16:21-17:3(?).19-35(?); 19:15-31(?).[3] The text is not always legible.

Text

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[1]

Location

The codex is currently housed at the British Library (Add MS 31919, ff. 21, 98, 101) in London.[1]

See also

• List of New Testament uncials
• Textual criticism

References

1. 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.
2. "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
3. Kurt Aland, Synopsis Quattuor Evangeliorum. Locis parallelis evangeliorum apocryphorum et patrum adhibitis edidit, Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart 1996, p. XXVI.