Uncial 0271

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| number = 0271

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| text = Matthew 12:27-39

| script = Greek

| date = 9th century

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| now at = British Library

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| size = 33 x 26 cm

| type = Alexandrian text-type

| cat = II

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Uncial 0271 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 9th century.

Description

The codex contains a small part of the Gospel of Matthew 12:27-39, on one parchment leaf (33 cm by 26 cm). Written in two columns per page, 26 lines per page, in uncial letters. It is a palimpsest, the upper text contains menaeon in Greek. Formerly it was included together with Uncial 0272 and Uncial 0273 in Uncial 0133.{{Cite book

| last = Aland

| first = Kurt

| author-link = Kurt Aland

| last2 = Aland

| first2 = Barbara

| author-link2 = Barbara Aland

| others = Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.)

| title = The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism

| publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

| year = 1995

| location = Grand Rapids

| page = 127

| isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 9th century.{{Cite web |url=http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php?ObjID=20271 |title=Liste Handschriften |publisher=Institute for New Testament Textual Research |access-date=25 April 2011 |location=Münster}}

Location

The codex is currently housed at the British Library (Add MS 31919, f. 22) in London.

Text

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category II.

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