Minuscule 14

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description Template:New Testament manuscript infobox

Minuscule 14 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1021 (von Soden)[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on 392 parchment leaves (Template:×), dated by a colophon to the year 964 CE.[2]

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels with some lacunae (Matthew 1:1-9; 3:16-4:9). The leaves are arranged in octavo. Some leaves are in disorder.Template:R

The text is written in one column per page, 17 lines per page.Template:R[3] It is written in beautiful, and round minuscule letters, the initial letters are in gold and colour.Template:R It has regular breathings and accents.

The text is divided into 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 Ammonian Sections (in Mark 233 Sections), whose numbers are given at the margin with references to the Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers).Template:R

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

It has a colophon with the date A.D. 964. Before the discovery of the Uspenski Gospels it was the oldest known dated minuscule.[5]

The texts of Matt 1:1-9; 3:16-4:9 were supplied by a later hand in the 15th century.[4]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type.[6] Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kx.[7] Aland placed it in Category V.[8]

According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the textual family Kx in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made.[7]

The spurious text of the Pericope Adulterae is marked by an asterisk.

History

According to the colophon the manuscript was εγραφθη νικηφορου βασιλευοντος ινδ,[9] which means 964 AD.Template:R

It was in private hands and belonged to Cardinal Mazarin (along with minuscule 305, 311, 313, and 324). It became a part of collection of Kuster (Paris 7). It was examined and described by Bernard de Montfaucon, Wettstein,[10] Scholz, and Burgon. Scholz collated Matthew 7-21; Mark 1-6; Luke 3-4; 9; 11; John 3-9.Template:R C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1884.Template:R

The codex now is located at the National Library of France (Gr. 70) at Paris.Template:R

See also

Script error: No such module "Portal".

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  3. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  4. a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  5. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  6. C. v. Tischendorf, Novum Testamentum Graece. Editio Septima, Lipsiae 1859, p. CXCV.
  7. a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  8. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  9. J. M. A. Scholz, Biblisch-kritische Reise in Frankreich, der Schweiz, Italien, Palästine und im Archipel in den Jahren 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821: Nebst einer Geschichte des Textes des Neuen Testaments (Leipzig, 1823), p. 4
  10. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Further reading