Minuscule 166
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Minuscule 166 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 306 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th or 12th century.[2] It has marginalia.
Description
The codex contains only the text Gospel of Luke 9:33-24:24 and Gospel of John 1:23-21:25 on 75 thick parchment leaves (size 21.2 by 16.5 cm).[2] The text is written in one column per page, in 27 lines per page (size of text 14.1 by 10.5 cm), in black ink, capital letters in red.[3]
The text is divided according to the Script error: No such module "Lang". (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and the 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, with references to the Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers).[4]
It contains lectionary markings at the margin for liturgical reading.[3]
Text
Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex did not place in any Category.[5]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the textual group Λ in Luke 10 and Luke 20 as a core member. In Luke 1 the manuscript is defective.[6]
The texts of Christ's agony at Gethsemane (Luke 22:43-44) and Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11) are marked by an obelus.[3]
History
C. R. Gregory dated it to the 13th century.[3]
The subscription states that the manuscript was written by Leo, a priest and calligrapher, in October 1193.[4]
It was examined by Birch (about 1782) and Scholz (1794–1852). Gregory saw it in 1886.[3]
It is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Barb. gr. 412), at Rome.[2]
See also
References
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- ↑ a b c K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 56.
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Further reading
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