Uncial 0284 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 8th century.
Description The codex contains a small parts of the Gospel of Matthew 26:75-27:7; 27:9-11.13-17; 28:15-18.20, on 2 parchment leaves (). The text is written in two columns per page, 29 lines per page, in uncial letters. The leaves have survived in a fragmentary condition. It is a palimpsest.K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, “Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments”, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 43. The upper text contains Scala paradisi of Johannes Climacus.Egypte Sinai Monê tês Hagias Aikaterinês, ΝΕ gr. ΜΓ 048 Pinakes.
Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 8th century.
Location It is one of the manuscripts discovered in Saint Catherine's Monastery at Sinai in May 1975, during the restoration work.Together with other uncials: 12 leaves from Codex Sinaiticus, 0278, 0279, 0280, 0281, 0282, 0283, 0285, 0286, 0287, 0288, 0289, 0290, 0291, 0292, 0293, 0294, 0295, 0296. Currently the codex is housed at the St. Catherine's Monastery (N.E. ΜΓ 48) in Sinai.
See also
List of New Testament uncials Biblical manuscript Textual criticism
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