Uncial 0274
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Uncial 0274 is a Greek uncial
Uncial
Uncial is a majuscule script commonly used from the 3rd to 8th centuries AD by Latin and Greek scribes. Uncial letters are written in either Greek, Latin, or Gothic.-Development:...

 manuscript
Manuscript
A manuscript or handwrite is written information that has been manually created by someone or some people, such as a hand-written letter, as opposed to being printed or reproduced some other way...

 of the New Testament
New Testament
The New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....

. Paleographically
Palaeography
Palaeography, also spelt paleography is the study of ancient writing. Included in the discipline is the practice of deciphering, reading, and dating historical manuscripts, and the cultural context of writing, including the methods with which writing and books were produced, and the history of...

 it has been assigned to the 5th century.

Description

The codex contains a small parts of the Gospel of Mark
Gospel of Mark
The Gospel According to Mark , commonly shortened to the Gospel of Mark or simply Mark, is the second book of the New Testament. This canonical account of the life of Jesus of Nazareth is one of the three synoptic gospels. It was thought to be an epitome, which accounts for its place as the second...

 6-10, on 4 parchment leaves (28 cm by 33 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 30 lines per page, in uncial letters.

Contents

The codex contains: Gospel of Mark 6:56-7:4.6-9.13-17.19-23.29-29.34-35; 8:3-4.8-11; 9:20-22.26-41; 9:43-10:1.17-22.

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 5th century.

Text

The Greek text of this codex
Codex
A codex is a book in the format used for modern books, with multiple quires or gatherings typically bound together and given a cover.Developed by the Romans from wooden writing tablets, its gradual replacement...

 probably is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type
Alexandrian text-type
The Alexandrian text-type , associated with Alexandria, is one of several text-types used in New Testament textual criticism to describe and group the textual character of biblical manuscripts...

. According to Kurt
Kurt Aland
Kurt Aland was a German Theologian and Professor of New Testament Research and Church History. He founded the Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung in Münster and served as its first director for many years...

 and Barbara Aland
Barbara Aland
Barbara Aland, née Ehlers is a German theologian and was a Professor of New Testament Research and Church History at Westphalian Wilhelms-University of Münster until 2002.- Biography :...

 it does not support the Byzantine text against the original, it agrees 6 times with the Byzantine when it has the same reading as the original text. It agrees 19 times with the original text against the Byzantine. It has 2 independent or distinctive readings. Alands placed it with hesitation in Category II.

Aland gave the following textual profile for it: 01 61/2 192 2S.

Location

After discovering it was held in Cairo. Currently the codex is housed at the Egypt Exploration Society
Egypt Exploration Society
The Egypt Exploration Society is the foremost learned society in the United Kingdom promoting the field of Egyptology....

 in London
London
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.

Further reading

  • J. M. Plumley and C. H. Roberts, "An Uncial Text of St. Mark in Greek from Nubia", JTS XXVII (1976), 34-45.
  • W. H. C. Frend and I. A. Muirhead, "The Greek Manuscripts from the Cathedral of Q'asr Ibrim", Muséon 89 (1976), 43-49.
  • G. M. Browne, "The Sunnati Mark", ZPE 66 (1986), 49-52.

External links

  • Uncial 0274 at the Wieland Willker, "Textual Commentary"
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