Uncial 0208 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 6th century.

Uncial 0208
New Testament manuscript
Folio 2 verso
Folio 2 verso
TextColossians 1:29-2:10,13-14; 1 Thessalonians 2:4-7,12-17
Date6th century
ScriptGreek
Now atBavarian State Library
Size23 x 16 cm
Typemixed
CategoryIII

Description

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The codex contains a small parts of the Colossians 1:29-2:10,13-14; 1 Thessalonians 2:4-7,12-17, on two parchment leaves (23 cm by 16 cm). Written in two columns per page, 31 lines per page, in very large uncial letters. It is a palimpsest, the upper text contains the text of Prosper of Aquitaine's "Chronicon".[1]

The text-type of this codex is mixed. Aland placed it in Category III.[1]

In Colossians 2:2 it reads του θεου πατρος και του Χριστου for του θεου Χριστου; the reading of the codex is supported by minuscule 1908.[2]

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 6th century.[1][3] It was written in Southern Italy.[4]

The manuscript was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Ernst von Dobschütz in 1933.[5][6]

It was examined by Guglielmo Cavallo and Pasquale Orsini.[4]

The codex currently is housed at the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (29022 e) in Munich.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d 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. 125. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  2. ^ UBS3, p. 696.
  3. ^ "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  4. ^ a b LDAB
  5. ^ Kurt Aland (1963). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechieschen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. p. 10.
  6. ^ 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. 74. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.

Further reading

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  • Alban Dold, Griechische Bruchstücke der Paulusbriefe aus dem 6. Jahrhundert unter einem Fragment von Prospers Chronicon aus dem 8. Jahrhundert, Zentralblatt für Bibliothekswesen 50 (1933), pp. 76-84.
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