Editing Minuscule 160

'''Minuscule 160''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), ε 213 ([[Biblical manuscript#Von Soden|Soden]]), is a [[Greek language|Greek]] [[Lower case|minuscule]] [[manuscript]] of the [[New Testament]], on parchment. Dated by its [[Colophon (publishing)|colophon]] to the year 1123.<sup>[1]</sup> 

== Description ==

The codex contains a complete text of the four [[Gospel]]s on 216 thick parchment leaves (size 22.6 cm by 18 cm).<sup>[1]</sup> Written in one column per page, in 23 lines per page (size of column 15.7 by 10.7 cm),<sup>[1]</sup> in brown ink, the capital letters in red.<sup>[2]</sup> It uses "ι adscriptum".<sup>[2]</sup> 

It contains tables of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, Ammonian Sections, (not [[Eusebian Canons]]), lectionary markings, [[Synaxarion|synaxaria]], [[Menologion]], and subscriptions.<sup>[2]</sup>

== Text ==

[[Kurt Aland|Aland]] did not place it in any [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts|Category]]. According to Wisse it has mixed text in Luke 1. It is classified to the textual [[Family 1424]]. 

== History ==

The manuscript was housed at the [[Barberini Palace]], founded by the Cardinal, Francis II.<sup>[3]</sup> 

It was examined by [[Andrew Birch|Birch]] and [[Johann Martin Augustin Scholz|Scholz]] (1794-1852). 

It is currently housed at the [[Vatican Library]] (Barb. gr. 445), at [[Rome]].<sup>[1]</sup>

== See also ==
* [[List of New Testament minuscules]]
* [[Biblical manuscript]]
* [[Textual criticism]]

== References ==

*   1. [[Kurt Aland|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.
*   2. [[Caspar René Gregory|Gregory, Caspar René]] (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 160. 
*   3. [[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|F. H. A. Scrivener]], "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament" (George Bell & Sons: London 1894), Vol. 1, p. 215.

== Further reading ==

== External links ==

* [http://www.skypoint.com/members/waltzmn/Manuscripts1-500.html#m160 Minuscule 160] at the ''Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism'' 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuscule_160 Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 160]

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[[Category:Greek New Testament minuscules]]
[[Category:12th-century biblical manuscripts]]

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