Minuscule 48 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), A232 (von Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.[2] It has complex contents with some marginalia.

Minuscule 48
New Testament manuscript
TextGospels
Date12th century
ScriptGreek
Now atBodleian Library
Size28.5 cm by 22.5 cm
Type?
Categorynone
Notemarginalia

Description edit

The codex contains the complete text of the four Gospels on 145 leaves (size 28.5 cm by 22.5 cm) with a commentary. The text is written in two columns per page, 30 lines per page.[2][3]

The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin.[4]

It contains the Eusebian Canon tables at the beginning, subscriptions at the end of the Gospels, with numbers of ρηματα, and numbers of στιχοι, some notes from the first scribe,[4] scholia from the later hand, and pictures.[5]

It has errors with iota subscriptum.[4]

Text edit

Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex did not place in any Category.[6] It was not examined by using the Claremont Profile Method.[7] In result the textual character of the codex is unknown.

History edit

The manuscript was dated by Scholz the 13th and by Gregory to the 12th century.[4] Currently it has been assigned by the INTF to the 12th century.[2][3]

The manuscript was used by Mill (as Bodl. 7).[5] Scholz dated the manuscript to the 13th century.[4] Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 12th century.[2]

It was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by J. J. Wettstein. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883.[4]

It is currently housed at the Bodleian Library (MS. Auct.D.2.17), at Oxford.[2]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 49.
  2. ^ a b c d e K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 49.
  3. ^ a b "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testamentes. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 140.
  5. ^ a b Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 197.
  6. ^ 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. 132, 138. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  7. ^ 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. 53. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.

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