Minuscule 123

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Minuscule 123 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 174 (Von Soden numbering),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on a parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.[2] It has complex contents with some marginalia.

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 328 thick parchment leaves (20.8 cm by 15.3 cm). The text is written in one column per page, 18 lines per page.Template:R

The text is divided according to the Script error: No such module "Lang". (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their Script error: No such module "Lang". (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (in Mark 241 – 16:20), but without references to the Eusebian Canons.[3]

It contains the Epistula ad Carpianum, the Eusebian Canon tables, Prolegomena, tables of the Script error: No such module "Lang". (tables of contents) before each Gospel, pictures, and subscriptions at the end of each Gospel.[4]Template:R

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kx.Template:R Kurt Aland places it in Category V.[5]

According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family Kx in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.[6]

Some corrections were made by another hand.[4]

History

The manuscript was brought from Constantinople by the ambassador Augier de Busbeck in 1562 (along with Minuscule 221 and 222).Template:R

It was examined by Treschow, Alter, Birch.[4] Alter used it in his edition of the Greek text of the New Testament.[7] C. R. Gregory saw it in 1887.Template:R

Currently the codex is located at the Austrian National Library (Theol. Gr. 240) at Vienna.Template:R

See also

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References

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  7. K. Alter, Novum Testamentum Graecum, ad Codicem Vindobonensem Graece expressum: Varietam Lectionis addidit Franciscus Carolus Alter, 2 vols. 8vo, Vienna, 1786-1787.

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Further reading

  • A. G. Busbequii D. legationis Tureicae epistolae quattuor, Hannover 1605, p. 295.