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Uncial 0264

New Testament manuscript

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ7882577 ↗
Source-derived summary

Uncial 0264 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 5th century.

Descriptions

The codex contains small parts of the Gospel of John 8:19-20,23-24, on one parchment leaf (15 cm by 12 cm). It has survived in a fragmentary condition. The text is written in one column per page, 18 lines per page, in uncial letters.

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 5th century.

Location

Currently the codex is housed at the Berlin State Museums (P. 14049) in Berlin.

Text

The text-type of this codex is unknown, as the text is too brief to determine its textual character. Aland did not place it in any of Categories of New Testament manuscripts.

See also

List of New Testament uncials

Textual criticism

References

Further reading

Kurt Treu, "Neue Neutestamentliche Fragmente der Berliner Papyrussammlung", APF 18 (Berlin: 1966), pp.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Uncial 0264” is new Testament manuscript. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Uncial, Testament and manuscript, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1966—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Uncial, Testament and manuscript is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “new Testament manuscript” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7882577. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1966.

Critical limits

Titles can refer to several editions, objects or performances, making precise identification essential before interpretation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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  • Identifying works and editions
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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Uncial 0264”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Uncial 0264 primary sources, Uncial 0264 archive and Uncial research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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  2. Where is authorship, date or provenance documented?
  3. Which edition, object, performance or recording is being described?
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This entry incorporates text from “Uncial 0264” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.