Uncial 0231 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), is a
Greek
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uncial
Uncial is a majuscule Glaister, Geoffrey Ashall. (1996) ''Encyclopedia of the Book''. 2nd edn. New Castle, DE, and London: Oak Knoll Press & The British Library
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manuscript
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of the
New Testament
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. The manuscript
palaeographically has been assigned to the 4th century.
Description
It contains a small parts of the
Gospel of Matthew
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(26:75-27:1,3-4), on 1 parchment leaf (15 cm by 11.5 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 15 lines per page.
The Greek text of this
codex
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is mixed.
Aland placed it in
Category III.
[
It was found in Antinoopolis (modern El-Sheikh Ibada).
Currently it is dated by the ]INTF
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to the 4th century.
It was examined by G. R. Roberts in 1950. Guglielmo Cavallo
Guglielmo Cavallo (born 18 August 1938 in Carovigno) is an Italian palaeographer, Emeritus Professor of the Sapienza University of Rome.
Life
Cavallo graduated from the University of Bari in 1961, with Carlo Ferdinando Russo; shortly after, he ...
published its facsimile.
The manuscript was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Kurt Aland in 1953.Ashmolean Museum
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(P. Ant. 11), in Oxford
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.[
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See also
* List of New Testament uncials
A New Testament uncial is a section of the New Testament in Greek or Latin majuscule letters, written on parchment or vellum. This style of writing is called ''Biblical Uncial'' or ''Biblical Majuscule''.
New Testament uncials are distinct fro ...
* Textual criticism
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References
Further reading
* G. R. Roberts, "The Antinoopolis Papyri" I, (London, 1950), pp. 23–24.
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Greek New Testament uncials
4th-century biblical manuscripts