Codex Ebnerianus

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Codex Ebnerianus, Minuscule 105 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 257 (Soden),[1] is a Greek language illuminated manuscript of the New Testament, though missing the Book of Revelation.[2]

Formerly it was labeled as 105e, 48a, and 24p.[3]

Description

It is now believed to have been written in Constantinople at the start of the 12th century, during the Comnenian Period.[4] It is unique amongst surviving Greek New Testament manuscripts in that it places author portraits before each epistle, act and gospel, as opposed to just the gospels.[5] This manuscript gives a good example of Greek calligraphy of the 12th century. The manuscript is marked with Georgian quire signatures, but was still in Constantinople in the 16th century.[6]

The text is written in 1 column per page, 27 lines per page, on 426 parchment leaves (20.5 by 16 cm). Capital letters in gold.[3]

The book itself was bound in silver inlaid with ivory[7] and comprises 426 leaves of vellum in quarto (20.5 by 16 cm).[8] It contains Epistula ad Carpianum, the Eusebian Tables, tables of the Script error: No such module "Lang"., the Script error: No such module "Lang"., numbers of the Script error: No such module "Lang". at the margin, the Ammonian Sections, but not o references to the Eusebian Canons, subscriptions at the end, Script error: No such module "Lang"., and the Nicene Creed all in gold.[9] Synaxarion and Menologion were added by Joasaph, a calligraphist, in 1391, who also added John 8:3-11 at the end of that Gospel.[9]

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[10] It belongs to the textual family Family Kx.[11]

History

The codex is named after Hieronymus Wilhelm Ebner von Eschenbach (1673–1752), a Nuremberg diplomat and German Enlightenment historian, who founded a library using his extensive collection.

Formerly it was labeled as 105e, 48a, and 24p. In 1908 Gregory gave it the number 105.[1]

It is currently housed at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, (MS. Auct. T. inf. 1. 10).[12]

See also

References

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  2. The harmony of the Gospels. With an account of ancient MSS. and of the various tr. of the Scriptures Oxford University 1863
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  4. It was once believed to have been written in 1391
  5. Cecelia Meredith,The Illustration of Codex Ebnerianus Template:Webarchive; Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, Vol. 29, (1966)
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  7. p. 304; Thomas Hartwell, An Introduction to the Study of Bibliography; T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1814; Original from the New York Public Library
  8. Thomas Hartwell Horne, An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures Published by E. Littell, 1825
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  12. K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 52.

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