Uncial 0102


Uncial 0102, ε 42, is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. It is dated paleographically to the 7th-century.

Description

The codex contains a small part of the Gospel of Luke 3:23-4:43; 21:4-18 on five parchment leaves. The text is written in two columns per page, 24 lines per page.
The letters are large and leaned into right. Liturgical markings were added by a later hand.
Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 7th-century.
The codex was divided, three of its leaves now are held at the Vatopedi monastery at Athos peninsula. These leaves contain text of Luke 3:23-4:2; 4:30-43; 21:4-18. Two other leaves with text of Luke 4:3-29 are held in the Bibliothèque nationale de France, at Paris. The leaves are in a fragmentary condition. It was examined and described by Henri Omont.
From the same manuscript probably originated another leaves now catalogued as Uncial 0138.
Hermann von Soden designated it as ε 75. 0138 contains Gospel of Matthew 21:24-24:15. It is held in the Protatou monastery, at Athos peninsula.
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category II, it means it has some alien readings.