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Text
  
1 John 3-4

Script
  
Greek

Type
  
Alexandrian text-type

Date
  
6th century

Size
  
27 cm by 20 cm

Now at
  
Queen's College, Edgbaston

Uncial 0245 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 6th century.

Contents

Description

The codex contains a small part of the 1 John 3:23-4:1,3-6, on 1 parchment leaf (27 cm by 20 cm). Written in one columns per page, 23 lines per page, in uncial letters.

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 6th century.

It is a palimpsest, the upper text is written in Georgian language.

Location

Currently the codex is housed at the Selly Oak Colleges (Mingana Georg. 7) in Birmingham.

Text

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category II.

References

Uncial 0245 Wikipedia