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Text
  
John 6:32-33,35-37

Size
  
4 x 4 cm

Category
  
III

Date
  
8th century

Type
  
mixed

Script
  
Greek language

Now at
  
Austrian National Library

Uncial 0256 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 8th century.

Contents

Description

The codex contains two small parts of the Gospel of John 6:32-33,35-37, on one parchment leaf (4 cm by 4 cm). The text is written in one column per page, 4 or 6 lines per page, in uncial letters. It contains a commentary.

The nomina sacra are written in an abbreviated way.

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 8th century.

Location

Currently the codex is housed at the Austrian National Library (Pap. G. 26084) in Vienna.

Text

The Greek text of this codex is mixed. Aland placed it in Category III.

References

Uncial 0256 Wikipedia