Text Gospels † Script Greek-Arabic Size 29.8 cm by 20.5 cm | Date 9th century Found 1975 | |
Now at Saint Catherine's Monastery | ||
Uncial 0287 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek-Arabic uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 9th century.
Contents
Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels with numerous lacunae, on 10+70 paper leaves (29.8 cm by 20.5 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 22 lines per page, in uncial letters. The leaves survived in a fragmentary condition.
It contains texts Matthew 1-8; 21; 22,1-3; Mark 16,19; Luke 1-12; John 2; 10; 12; 13; 17; 20; 21.
Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 9th 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 of the codex is housed at the St. Catherine's Monastery (N.E. ΜΓ 97) in Sinai, another part at the Russian National Library in Saint Petersburg.