Minuscule 772 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θε418 (von Soden),[1][2] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. The manuscript has no complex contents.[3][4] Scrivener labelled it as 867e.[5]
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospels † |
|---|---|
| Date | 14th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | National Library of Greece |
| Size | 24 cm by 19.5 cm |
| Type | ? |
| Category | none |
| Note | commentary |
Description
editThe codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 387 parchment leaves (size 24 cm by 19.5 cm), with some lacunae.[3] The texts of Matthew 1:1-6:18 and John 21:24.25 were supplied by a later hand from the 16th century on paper.[6] The text is written in one column per page, 28-31 lines per page.[3]
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, with their τιτλοι (titles) at the top of the pages.[6]
Lectionary markings were added by a later hand. It contains a commentary of Theophylact.[6]
Text
editKurt Aland did not place the Greek text of the codex in any Category.[7] It was not examined by the Claremont Profile Method.[8]
The lacks the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11).[6]
History
editF. H. A. Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 15th century;[5] Gregory dated the manuscript to the 12th century.[6] The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 14th century.[4]
The manuscript was noticed in a catalogue from 1876.[9]
It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (867)[5] and Gregory (772). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[6]
The manuscript is now housed at the National Library of Greece (489) in Athens.[3][4]
See also
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References
edit- ^ Hermann von Soden, Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte (Berlin 1902), vol. 1, p. 253.
- ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 75.
- ^ a b c d Aland, K.; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New YorkΘ: Walter de Gruyter. p. 93. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
- ^ a b c Handschriftenliste at the Münster Institute
- ^ a b c Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 275.
- ^ a b c d e f Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 220.
- ^ Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. pp. 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ^ Wisse, Frederik (1982). The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 65. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
- ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 219.
Further reading
edit- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 220.