Minuscule 1216 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε1043 (von Soden),[1] is an 11th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. The manuscript has survived in complete condition.

Minuscule 1216
New Testament manuscript
TextGospels
Date11th-century
ScriptGreek
Now atSaint Catherine's Monastery
Size18.5 cm by 14 cm
TypeCaesarean text-type
Categorynone
Notemarginalia

Description

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The codex contains the text of the four Gospels with a commentary on 282 parchment leaves (size 18.5 cm by 14 cm).[2] Some non-biblical material in Latin was added at the end of the codex in 1377.[3]

The text is written in one column per page, 20 lines per page.[2][4]

The text is divided according to the Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers).[3]

It contains Epistula ad Carpianum at the beginning, tables of contents (κεφαλαια) before each Gospel, lectionary markings in the margin for liturgical use, pictures, and liturgical books with hagiographies (Synaxarion, Menologion).[3][5]

Text

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Hermann von Soden included it to the textual family Iβb (Caesarean group).[6] Kurt Aland did not place the Greek text of the codex in any Category.[7]

According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual family 1216 in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20, as a core member. The family is related to group 16.[6]

It lacks the text of Matthew 16:2b–3 (Signs of the times).[8]

In Matthew 1:11 it has the additional reading τον Ιωακιμ, Ιωακιμ δε εγεννησεν (Joakim, Joakim begot) — M U Θ Rossano Gospels f1 33 258 478 661 954 1230 1354 1604 Lectionary 54 syrh geo.[9]

In John 4:51 it reads υιος (son) for παις (servant), the reading of the codex is supported by Codex Bezae, Cyprius, Petropolitanus Purpureus, Petropolitanus, Nanianus, 0141, 33, 194, 196, 743, 817, 892, 1192, 1241.[10]

History

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C. R. Gregory dated the manuscript to the 10th century.[3] Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 11th century.[4]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (1216e). C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.[3] In 1908 Gregory gave it the siglum 1216.[1]

Currently the manuscript is housed at Saint Catherine's Monastery (Gr. 179), in the Sinai Peninsula.[2][4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 87.
  2. ^ a b c Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 117. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  3. ^ a b c d e Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs. p. 247.
  4. ^ a b c "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  5. ^ 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. 135.
  6. ^ 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. 73. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ UBS3, p. 61.
  9. ^ UBS3, p. 2.
  10. ^ The Gospel According to John in the Byzantine Tradition (Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft: Stuttgart 2007), p. 42

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