Minuscule 238

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Minuscule 238
New Testament manuscript
Text Gospels
Date11th/12th century
Script Greek
Now at State Historical Museum
Size31 cm by 22 cm
Category none
Note marginalia

Minuscule 238 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), A145 (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.

Contents

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 581 parchment leaves (size 31 cm by 22 cm), in two volumes (355 + 227) with lacunae. [2] The text is written in one column per page, 24 lines per page. [2]

The text is divided according to the Ammonian Sections, whose numbers are given at the margin, with references to the Eusebian Canons. [3]

It contains tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin, and pictures. The biblical text is surrounded by a commentary (catena), Victor's in Mark. [4] The biblical text is written in red, the text of a commentary in black ink. [3]

Text

The Greek text of the codex Aland did not place in any of his Categories. [5] Wisse did not examine it by using his Profile Method. [6]

History

The manuscript in 1482 belonged to the monastery Great Lavra at Athos. Formerly the manuscript was held in the monastery Philotheus at Athos peninsula, then in Dionysius monastery. It was brought to Moscow, by the monk Arsenius, on the suggestion of the Patriarch Nikon, in the reign of Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov (1645-1676). [4] The first part of the manuscript (Matt.-Mark) was collated by C. F. Matthaei. The second part (Luke-John) was sold by Matthaei to the library in Dresden. This part was examined by Tregelles and H. v. Gebhardt. [3] It was held in Saxon State Library (A 100) until World War II. After the war it was brought to Moscow.

The Gospel of Matthew and Mark of the manuscript is currently housed at the State Historical Museum (V. 91, S. 47, 355 fol.) at Moscow, the Gospels of Luke and John in the State Archive (F. 1607, No. 3,226 fol.) in Moscow. [2]

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References

  1. Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 56.
  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. 61.
  3. 1 2 3 Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 171.
  4. 1 2 Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 223.
  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. pp.  132, 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.  57. ISBN   0-8028-1918-4.

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