| New Testament manuscript | |
Folio 2 verso
| |
| Text | Colossians 1:29-2:10,13-14; 1 Thessalonians 2:4-7,12-17 |
|---|---|
| Date | 6th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Bavarian State Library |
| Size | 23 x 16 cm |
| Type | mixed |
| Category | III |
Uncial 0208 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 6th century.
The codex contains a small parts of the Colossians 1:29-2:10,13-14; 1 Thessalonians 2:4-7,12-17, on two parchment leaves (23 cm by 16 cm). Written in two columns per page, 31 lines per page, in very large uncial letters. It is a palimpsest, the upper text contains the text of Prosper of Aquitaine's "Chronicon".[1]
The text-type of this codex is mixed. Aland placed it in Category III.[1]
In Colossians 2:2 it reads του θεου πατρος και του Χριστου for του θεου Χριστου; the reading of the codex is supported by minuscule 1908.[2]
Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 6th century.[1][3] It was written in Southern Italy.[4]
The manuscript was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Ernst von Dobschütz in 1933.[5][6]
It was examined by Guglielmo Cavallo and Pasquale Orsini.[4]
The codex currently is housed at the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (29022 e) in Munich.[1]
