Uncial 0290 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a

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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 The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and is one ...

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of the

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. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 9th century.

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The codex contains a part of the text of the

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18:4-20:2, on 8 paper leaves (29 cm by 17 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 24 lines per page, in uncial letters. Currently it is dated by the

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to the 9th century.

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It is one of the manuscripts discovered in

Saint Catherine's Monastery Saint Catherine's Monastery ( ar, دير القدّيسة كاترين; grc-gre, Μονὴ τῆς Ἁγίας Αἰκατερίνης), officially the Sacred Autonomous Royal Monastery of Saint Katherine of the Holy and God-Trodden Mount Sinai, ...

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in May 1975, during the restoration work. The text was published by L. Politis in 1980.L. Politis, "Nouveaux manuscrits grecs decouvers au Mont Sinai. Raport preliminaire", Scriptorium 34, (1980), pp. 5-17. Currently the codex is housed at the St. Catherine's Monastery (N.E. ΜΓ 102) in

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