Uncial 0291
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| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospel of Luke 8:45-9:2 |
|---|---|
| Date | 7th/8th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | 1975 |
| Now at | Saint Catherine's Monastery |
| Size | 15 cm by 12 cm |
| Type | ? |
| Category | ? |
Uncial 0291 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 7th or 8th century. Only one leaf of the codex has survived.
The codex contains a part of the text of the Gospel of Luke 8:45-9:2, on one parchment leaf (15 cm by 12 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 27 lines per page, in small uncial letters.[1]
Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 7th or 8th century.[1][2]
Location
It is one of the manuscripts discovered in Saint Catherine's Monastery at Sinai in May 1975, during the restoration work.[3] Currently the codex is housed at the St. Catherine's Monastery (N.E. ΜΓ 1) in Sinai.[1]
