Uncial 0314
Encyclopedia
Uncial 0314 is a Greek
uncial
manuscript
of the New Testament
. Palaeographically
it has been assigned to the 6th century. The manuscript has survived in very fragmentary condition.
5:43, on one fragment of the parchment leaf. The original size of the leaf is unknown the survived fragment has only 10 by 2 cm. The fragment contains only 33 letters.
Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 6th century.
The text is written in one column per page, original number of lines is unknown, the survived fragment has only two lines. The writing is visible on one side only. This fragment was identified by D. Jongkind. The writing is very thick and rounded.
It has error of itacism (ε → αι).
Text
ΤΙ ΤΩ ΟΝΟΜΑΤΙ ΤΩ ΙΔΙΩ ΕΚΕΙΝΟΝ ΛΗΜΨΕΣΘΑΙ
Location
It is currently housed at the Christopher De Hamel Collection (Gk. Ms 4) in Cambridge
.
It was digitised by the CSNTM.
Greek language
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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 6th century. The manuscript has survived in very fragmentary condition.
Description
The codex contains a small text of the Gospel of JohnGospel of John
The Gospel According to John , commonly referred to as the Gospel of John or simply John, and often referred to in New Testament scholarship as the Fourth Gospel, is an account of the public ministry of Jesus...
5:43, on one fragment of the parchment leaf. The original size of the leaf is unknown the survived fragment has only 10 by 2 cm. The fragment contains only 33 letters.
Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 6th century.
The text is written in one column per page, original number of lines is unknown, the survived fragment has only two lines. The writing is visible on one side only. This fragment was identified by D. Jongkind. The writing is very thick and rounded.
It has error of itacism (ε → αι).
Text
ΤΙ ΤΩ ΟΝΟΜΑΤΙ ΤΩ ΙΔΙΩ ΕΚΕΙΝΟΝ ΛΗΜΨΕΣΘΑΙ
Location
It is currently housed at the Christopher De Hamel Collection (Gk. Ms 4) in Cambridge
Cambridge
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.
It was digitised by the CSNTM.
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, pp. 536–538.
External links
- Images from Uncial 0314 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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