Minuscule 214 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1401 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 14th century.[2] It has marginalia.
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospels |
|---|---|
| Date | 14th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Biblioteca Marciana |
| Size | 24 cm by 15.5 cm |
| Type | Byzantine |
| Category | V |
| Note | member of Kr |
Description edit
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels, on 227 paper leaves (size 24 cm by 15.5 cm).[2] The text is written in one column per page, 27 lines per page.[3]
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin. There is no τιτλοι (titles) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections (no references to the Eusebian Canons).[3][4]
It contains prolegomena, tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents), before each Gospel, αναγνωσεις (lessons), lectionary markings at the margin for liturgical reading, synaxaria, Menologion, and subscriptions at the end of each Gospel (with numbers of verses).[4]
Text edit
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kr.[5] Aland placed it in Category V.[6]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the textual family Kr in Luke 1. In Luke 10 and Luke 20 it belongs to Kx.[5]
History edit
It was examined by Birch and Burgon. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.[3]
It is currently housed at the Biblioteca Marciana (Gr. Z 543), at Venice.[2]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 55.
- ^ a b c 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 c Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 168.
- ^ 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. 220.
- ^ 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. pp. 57, 92. 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
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 168.