Minuscule 231 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1207 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.[2]
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Name | Codex Escurialensis |
|---|---|
| Text | Gospels |
| Date | 12th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Escurial |
| Size | 21.5 cm by 15.5 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
Description
editThe codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels, on 181 parchment leaves (size 21.5 cm by 15.5 cm).[2] The leaves are arranged in quarto (four leaves in quire).[3] The text is written in one column per page, 29 lines per page.[2]
It contains the Eusebian tables, tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin, synaxaria, Menologion, subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, with numbers of στιχοι.[4]
There are some marginal glosses made by a later hand, and a Latin version of parts of Matthew (between lines of Greek text). The text of the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11) was marked by an obelus by a later hand.[5]
Text
editThe Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kx.[6] Aland placed it in Category V.[7]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family Kx in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.[6]
History
editThe manuscript was described by Daniel Gotthilf Moldenhawer, who collated it about 1783 for Andreas Birch (Esc. 10).[5] It was briefly described by Emmanuel Miller in 1848.[3]
It is currently housed at the Escurial (Cod. Escurialensis, y. III. 6).[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 56.
- ^ a b c d K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 60.
- ^ a b Emmanuel Miller, Catalogue des manuscrits grecs de la bibliothèque de l'Escurial (Paris 1848), p. 281.
- ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 170.
- ^ a b 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. 222.
- ^ a b 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. 57. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
- ^ 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. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
Further reading
edit- Emmanuel Miller, Catalogue des manuscrits grecs de la bibliothèque de l'Escurial (Paris 1848), p. 281.
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 170.