Minuscule 873 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε103 (von Soden),[1][2] is an 11th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. The manuscript has survived in complete condition.
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospels |
|---|---|
| Date | 11th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Vatican Library |
| Size | 33.9 cm by 24.9 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | none |
| Note | marginalia |
Description
editThe codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 289 parchment leaves (size 33.9 cm by 24.9 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 23 lines per page.[3][4] At the end it has additional non-biblical material – Lives of 12 Apostles.[5] According to Hermann von Soden it is an ornamented manuscript.[2]
The text is divided according to chapters (tables of κεφαλαια), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their titles (τιτλοι) at the top of the pages. There is also another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers).[5]
It also contains the Epistula ad Carpianum, Eusebian Canon tables, and tables of contents (κεφαλαια). Subscriptions at the end of each of the Gospels with numbers of lines (ρηματα) and stichoi (στιχοι).[5][6]
Text
editThe Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden included it to the textual family Kx.[7] Kurt Aland did not examine the text of the codex and did not place it in any Category.[8]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it has a mixture of the Byzantine families in Luke 1 and represents the textual family Kx in Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made.[7]
It contains the spurious text of Matthew 16:2b–3 (Signs of the times) and Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11), but they are marked with an obelus as doubtful.[5]
History
editC. R. Gregory dated the manuscript to the 11th century.[5] Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 11th century.[4] Probably it was written in Calabria.[5] Formerly it was known as Codex Columnensis 4.[5]
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (689e) and Gregory (873e). C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.[5]
Currently it is housed in the Vatican Library (Gr. 2165), in Rome.[3][4]
See also
edit
References
edit- ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 77.
- ^ a b Soden, von, Hermann (1902). Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte. Vol. 1. Berlin: Verlag von Alexander Duncker. p. 138.
- ^ a b Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 98. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
- ^ a b c "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 228.
- ^ 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. pp. 266–267.
- ^ 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. 67. 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. pp. 134, 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
Further reading
edit- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 228.
External links
edit- "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 12 June 2012.