Uncial 0240
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| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Titus 1:4-8 |
|---|---|
| Date | 5th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Georgian National Center of Manuscripts |
| Size | 26 x 22 cm |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | II |
Uncial 0240 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 5th century.[1]
The codex contains a small part of the Epistle to Titus 1:4-8, on one parchment leaf (26 cm by 22 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 23 lines per page, in uncial letters.[1]
It is a palimpsest. The upper text is written in Georgian, it contains a menologion.[1]
Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 5th century.[1][2]
The manuscript was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Kurt Aland in 1956.[3]
It was examined by Pasquale Orsini.[4]
Text
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category II.[1]
Location
Currently[when?] the codex is housed at the Georgian National Center of Manuscripts (2123, ff. 191, 198) in Tbilisi.[1]
