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Text
  
Matthew 12:27-39

Now at
  
British Library

Type
  
Alexandrian text-type

Script
  
Greek language

Date
  
9th century

Size
  
33 x 26 cm

Category
  
II

Uncial 0271 (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 a small part of the Gospel of Matthew 12:27-39, on one parchment leaf (33 cm by 26 cm). Written in two columns per page, 26 lines per page, in uncial letters. It is a palimpsest, the upper text contains menaeon in Greek. Formerly it was included together with Uncial 0272 and Uncial 0273 in Uncial 0133.

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

Location

Currently the codex is housed at the British Library (Add. 31919, f. 22) in London.

Text

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

References

Uncial 0271 Wikipedia