Minuscule 126
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Minuscule 126 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 185 (Von Soden numbering).[1] It is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.[2] It has complex contents with full marginalia.
Description
The manuscript contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 219 parchment leaves (21 cm by 15.5 cm). The text is written in one column per page, 26 lines per page.[2] Matthew 28:18-20 is written in cruciform. The capital letters are often occur in the middle of words. According to F. H. A. Scrivener the manuscript was carelessly written.[3]
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), with references to the Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers).[4]
It contains the Eusebian Canon tables at the beginning, prolegomena, tables of the Script error: No such module "Lang". (tables of contents) before each Gospel, pictures, lectionary markings (added by later hand), synaxaria (later hand), and some corrections added by a later hand .[3]
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.[5] Aland placed it in Category V.[6]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family Kx in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.[5]
The text is of an unusual character.[3][4]
History
The manuscript was examined by Heusinger (1752), Birch, Franz Anton Knittel, and Tischendorf. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1891.[4]
Currently the codex is located at the Herzog August Bibliothek (Theol. Gr. 60) at Wolfenbüttel.[2]
See also
References
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