Minuscule 159
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Minuscule 159 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 113 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment, dated to 1121 (?).[2] It has marginalia.
Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 203 leaves (size 26.3 cm by 20.6 cm).[2] The text is written in two columns per page, in 25 lines per page.[2] The leaves 1-184 are from parchment, the leaves 185-203 are paper. The parchment is dick, ink is brown-black, the large initial letters under lines.[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 240, the last section in 16:19), with references to the Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers).[3]
It contains also Lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use) and subscriptions at the end of each Gospel. The Epistula ad Carpianum, Eusebian tables, table of the Script error: No such module "Lang". (table of contents) to the Matthew, synaxaria, and Menologion were added in the 16th century.[4]
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 belongs to the textual cluster M159.[5]
History
The manuscript was housed at the Barberini Palace, founded by the Cardinal, Francis II.[4]
It was examined and described by Birch (about 1782) and Scholz. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.[3]
It is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Barb. gr. 482), at Rome.[2]
See also
References
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Further reading
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External links
- Minuscule 159 at the DigiVatLib