Minuscule 138

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Minuscule 138
New Testament manuscript
NameCodex Vaticanus 757
Text Gospels†
Date11th century
Script Greek
Now at Vatican Library
Size30 cm by 22.5 cm
Type Byzantine text-type
Category V
Handslovenly hand

Minuscule 138 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), A304 (Soden), [1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century. [2] The manuscript is lacunose.

Contents

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 380 parchment leaves (size 30 cm by 22.5 cm), [2] with a commentary, and minor lacunae. [3] The text is written in one column per page, 37 lines per page. [2]

The commentary on Mark is of Victor, [4] mixed up with the text, both in slovenly hand. [3]

It contains synaxaria, Menologion, and pictures. The tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) were added by a later hand before each Gospel. At the end of each Gospel were added subscriptions with numbers of verses. [4] Mark 16:9-20 was marked by an obelus as doubtful.

The text of Matthew 1:1-4:11 was supplied by a later hand. [4]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V. [5] According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual family Kx in Luke 1. In Luke 10 and Luke 20 no profile was made. [6]

History

The manuscript was examined by Birch (about 1782), Scholz, and Burgon. C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886. [4]

It is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Vat. gr. 757), at Rome. [2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 53.
  2. 1 2 3 4 K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter , Berlin, New York 1994, p. 55.
  3. 1 2 Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament . Vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 213.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs. p. 157.
  5. ↑ Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 138. ISBN   978-0-8028-4098-1.
  6. ↑ Wisse, Frederik (1982). The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke . Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p.  55. ISBN   0-8028-1918-4.

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