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Uncial 0280

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Date
  
8th century

Found
  
1975

Script
  
Greek

Size
  
31 cm by 23 cm

Text
  
Epistle to the Hebrews 9:14-18

Now at
  
Saint Catherine's Monastery

Uncial 0280 (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 a small part of the Epistle to the Hebrews 9:14-18, on one parchment leaf (31 cm by 23 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 24 lines per page, in uncial letters. It is a palimpsest.

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

Location

It is one of the manuscripts discovered in Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai in May 1975, during restoration work. Currently the codex is housed at the monastery (N.E. ΜΓ 15a).

References

Uncial 0280 Wikipedia