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Text
  
Matthew †

Script
  
Greek

Size
  
21 cm by 15.5 cm

Date
  
9th century

Now at
  
Bodleian Library

Type
  
Byzantine text-type

Uncial 0248 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 9th century.

Contents

Description

The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Matthew 1; 12-14; 19-21, on 70 parchment leaves (21 cm by 15.5 cm), with some lacunae. It is written in two columns per page, 24 lines per page, in uncial letters.

It is a palimpsest, twice rewritten.

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 9th century.

Location

Currently the codex is housed at the Bodleian Library (Auct. T. 4.21) in Oxford.

Text

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

References

Uncial 0248 Wikipedia