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Uncial 0286

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Date
  
10th/11th century

Found
  
1975

Script
  
Greek

Size
  
17.5 cm by 16.5 cm

Text
  
Matthew 16:13-19; John 10:12-16

Now at
  
Saint Catherine's Monastery

Uncial 0286 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th or 11th century.

Contents

Description

The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Matthew 16:13-19 and Gospel of John 10:12-16, on 2 parchment leaves (17.5 cm by 16.5 cm). The text is written in one column per page, 19 lines per page, in uncial letters. The leaves have survived in a fragmentary condition.

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 10th or 11th century.

Location

It is one of the manuscripts discovered in Saint Catherine's Monastery at Sinai in May 1975, during the restoration work. Currently one part the codex is housed at the St. Catherine's Monastery (N.E. ΜΓ 72) in Sinai, another part at the Russian National Library (Gr. 9,2) in Saint Petersburg.

References

Uncial 0286 Wikipedia