The codex contains a small parts of the Gospel of Luke 8:32-44; 22:3.15-16, on 2 parchment leaves (31 cm x 24 cm). They are in a fragmentary condition. The text is written in two columns per page, 25 lines per page, in uncial letters. It is a palimpsest, the upper text was written in Greek, in uncial letters, and contains liturgical texts.[1]
Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 8th or 9th centuries.[1][2]
Uncial 0279 is one of the manuscripts discovered in Saint Catherine's Monastery in Sinai in May 1975, during restoration work.[3]
Currently the codex is housed at the Saint Catherine's Monastery (N.E. ΜΓ 15).[1]
^ abcK. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, “Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments”, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 42.
^"Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 25 April 2011.