Uncial 096

New Testament manuscript infobox
form=Uncial
number=096


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text= Acts of Apostles 2; 26†
script= Greek
date= 7th century
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now at= Russian National Library
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size= 29 x 22 cm
type= mixed
cat= III
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Uncial 096 (Gregory-Aland), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 7th century. The codex contains a small part of the Acts of Apostles 2:6-17; 26:7-18, on two parchment leaves (29 cm by 22 cm). Written in one column per page, 26 lines per page, in uncial letters. It is a palimpsest, the upper text was written in Georgian, in 10th century.Kurt Aland, and Barbara Aland, "The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism", transl. Erroll F. Rhodes, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1995, p. 121. ]

The codex now is located in Russian National Library (Gr. 19) [Uncial 097 has catalogue number Gr. 18 in the same library.] in Saint Petersburg.

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

See also

* List of New Testament uncials
* Textual criticism

References