Minuscule 710 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε348 (von Soden),[1][2] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. The manuscript is lacunose.[3][4] Scrivener labelled it as 81e.[5]
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospels † |
|---|---|
| Date | 13th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | 1883 |
| Now at | Bodleian Library |
| Size | 18 cm by 12.5 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | none |
| Note | Kx |
Description edit
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 183 parchment leaves (size 18 cm by 12.5 cm),[3][6] with some lacunae.[3]
- Lacunae
Matthew 19:15-21:19; 21:31-41; 22:7-28:20; Mark 1:9-3:18; 3:35-15:15; 15:32-16:14; Luke 1:8-2:19; 3:17-4:40; 5:8-22:5; 22:36-23:10; John 8:4-21:18.[6]
The text is written in one column per page, 23-24 lines per page.[3]
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given the left margin, and their τιτλοι at the top; there is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections, without a references to the Eusebian Canons.[5][6]
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 Kx.[7] Kurt Aland did not place it in any Category.[8]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents mixed Byzantine text in Luke 1, Kx in Luke 10, and textual group Λ in Luke 20.[7]
History edit
Scrivener and Gregory dated the manuscript to the 13th century.[6] Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 13th century.[4]
It was bought in 1883 from William Ward, who brought the manuscript from Ephesus.[6]
It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (81) and Gregory (710). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1883.[6]
At present the manuscript is housed at the Bodleian Library (MS. Auct. T. inf. 1. 5) in Oxford.[3][4]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Hermann von Soden, Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte (Berlin 1902), vol. 1, p. 177.
- ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 73.
- ^ a b c d e Aland, K.; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 89. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
- ^ a b c Handschriftenliste at the Münster Institute
- ^ a b Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1 (fourth ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 205.
- ^ a b c d e f Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 215.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ 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. 65. 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. 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
Further reading edit
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 215.
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External links edit
- MSS. Auctarium at the Bodleian Library