Uncial 0311
Encyclopedia
Uncial 0311 is a Greek
uncial
manuscript
of the New Testament
. Palaeographically
it has been assigned to the 8th or the 9th century.
8:1-13, on 8 fragments of the one parchment leaf. The original size of the leaf was 25 cm by 22 cm.
It is written in two columns per page, 23 lines per page (survived only 6 lines), in in large and leaned uncial letters.
Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 8th or 9th century.
It is currently housed at the Christopher De Hamel Collection (Gk. Ms 1) in Cambridge
. It was photographed by the CSNTM
19 Aug 2008.
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
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....
. Palaeographically
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 8th or the 9th century.
Description
The codex contains a small texts of the Epistle to the RomansEpistle to the Romans
The Epistle of Paul to the Romans, often shortened to Romans, is the sixth book in the New Testament. Biblical scholars agree that it was composed by the Apostle Paul to explain that Salvation is offered through the Gospel of Jesus Christ...
8:1-13, on 8 fragments of the one parchment leaf. The original size of the leaf was 25 cm by 22 cm.
It is written in two columns per page, 23 lines per page (survived only 6 lines), in in large and leaned uncial letters.
Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 8th or 9th century.
It is currently housed at the Christopher De Hamel Collection (Gk. Ms 1) in Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
. It was photographed by the CSNTM
Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts
The Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts is a non-profit organization set out to preserve ancient manuscripts of the Christian Scriptures New Testament. This aim is accomplished by taking high resolution digital photographs of all extant Greek New Testament manuscripts. The...
19 Aug 2008.
See also
- List of New Testament uncials
- Biblical manuscriptBiblical manuscriptA biblical manuscript is any handwritten copy of a portion of the text of the Bible. The word Bible comes from the Greek biblia ; manuscript comes from Latin manu and scriptum...
- Textual criticismTextual criticismTextual criticism is a branch of literary criticism that is concerned with the identification and removal of transcription errors in the texts of manuscripts...
Further reading
- Peter M. Head, Five New Testament Manuscripts: Recently Discovered Fragments in a Private Collection in Cambridge, JTS, NS, 2008.
External links
- Images from 0311 at the CSNTMCenter for the Study of New Testament ManuscriptsThe Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts is a non-profit organization set out to preserve ancient manuscripts of the Christian Scriptures New Testament. This aim is accomplished by taking high resolution digital photographs of all extant Greek New Testament manuscripts. The...
- "Continuation of the Manuscript List", Institute for New Testament Textual Research, University of MünsterUniversity of MünsterThe University of Münster is a public university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. The WWU is part of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, a society of Germany's leading research universities...
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