Minuscule 262 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1020 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th century.[2] It has marginalia.
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospels |
|---|---|
| Date | 10th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | National Library of France |
| Size | 32.9 cm by 25 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
| Note | marginalia |
Description edit
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 212 parchment leaves (32.9 cm by 25 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, in 27 lines.[2]
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and some τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. The Ammonian Sections and references to the Eusebian Canons to Gospel of Luke and Gospel of John were added by a later hand.[3]
It contains lists of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, and subscriptions at the end of each Gospel.[3]
It has the famous Jerusalem Colophon ("from the ancient manuscripts of Jerusalem").
Text edit
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual group Ir.[4] Aland placed it in Category V.[5]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual group Λ.[4]
It has some rare readings like codex Λ, 300, 376, and 428.[6]
History edit
According to Gregory it could have been written in Italy. In 1735 it was brought from Constantinople to Europe.[3]
The manuscripts was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).[6] It was examined and described by Paulin Martin.[7] C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1884.[3]
The manuscript is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 53) at Paris.[2]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 57.
- ^ 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. 62.
- ^ a b c d Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 173.
- ^ 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. 58. 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.
- ^ 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. 225.
- ^ Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au Nouveau Testament, conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 54
Further reading edit
- J. M. A. Scholz, Curae, p. 42 f,
- J. M. A. Scholz, Biblisch-kritische Reise in Frankreich, der Schweiz, Italien, Palästine und im Archipel in den Jahren 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821: Nebst einer Geschichte des Textes des Neuen Testaments, Leipzig, 1823, p. 11-16.
External links edit
- R. Waltz, Minuscule 262, Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism