Uncial 0246

New Testament manuscript

Uncial 0246New Testament manuscript

Text| James 1:12-14,19-21
Date| 6th century
Script| Greek
Now at| Westminster College, Cambridge
Size| 29 cm by 20 cm
Type| Byzantine text-type
Category| V

Uncial 0246 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 6th century.

## Description[edit]

The codex contains a small part of the Epistle of James 1:12-14,19-21, on 1 parchment leaf (29 cm by 20 cm). Written in one columns per page, 27 lines per page, in uncial letters.[1] Survived leaf is not complete.

It is a palimpsest, the upper text has not survived to the present day (ink vanished).

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 6th century.[1][2]

## Location[edit]

Currently the codex is housed at the Westminster College (Mingana Georg. 7) in Cambridge.[1]

## Text[edit]

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

## See also[edit]

* List of New Testament uncials
* Textual criticism

## References[edit]

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. 126\. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
2. ^ "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 25 April 2011.