Uncial 0133 - History

History

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 9th century.

The text of menaion was written by Archbishop of Selymeria in 1431. The manuscript was discovered in 1881 by Abbott and Mahaffy in Blenheim. Gregory in 1883 found two leaves more.

Puttick bought it in 1882 for the British Museum.

The codex is located now at the British Library (Add. 31919) in London.

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