Editing Minuscule 170

'''Minuscule 170''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), ε 307 ([[Biblical manuscript#Von Soden|Soden]]), is a [[Greek language|Greek]] [[Lower case|minuscule]] [[manuscript]] of the [[New Testament]], on parchment. [[Paleography|Paleographically]] it had been assigned to the 13th century.<sup>[1]</sup> 

== Description ==

The codex contains the text of the four [[Gospel]]s on 277 parchment leaves (size 21.5 cm by 15.7 cm).<sup>[1]</sup> Written in one column per page, in 23 lines per page.<sup>[1]</sup> The text of Luke 16:7 and the most of John was written by a later hand from the 15th century<sup>[2]</sup> 

It contains prolegomena, tables of κεφαλαια (occasionally by later hand), κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, Ammonian Sections, [[Eusebian Canons]], lectionary equipment, αναγνωσεις, and [[Stichometry|στιχοι]] (occasionally by later hand).<sup>[2]</sup> [[Synaxarion|synaxaria]] and [[Menologion]] added by later hand.<sup>[3]</sup>
== Text ==
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the [[Byzantine text-type]]. [[Kurt Aland|Aland]] placed it in [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts#Category V|Category V]].<sup>[4]</sup> It belongs to the textual family [[Family Kr|K<sup>r</sup>]].<ref>F. Wisse, ''The profile method for the classification and evaluation of manuscript evidence'', ''[[William B. Eerdmans Publishing]]'', 1982, p. 92.</ref> 

== History ==

It was examined by [[Giuseppe Bianchini|Bianchini]], [[Andrew Birch|Birch]], [[Johann Martin Augustin Scholz|Scholz]], and Gregory (1886).<sup>[3]</sup> 

It is currently housed at the [[Biblioteca Vallicelliana]] (C. 61), 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. 57.
*   2. [[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|F. H. A. Scrivener]], "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament" (London 1894), vol. 1, p. 215.
*   3. [[Caspar René Gregory|C. R. Gregory]], "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 162.
*   4. [[Kurt Aland]], and Barbara Aland, "The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism", transl. Erroll F. Rhodes, [[William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company]], Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1995, p. 138.
*   5. F. Wisse, The profile method for the classification and evaluation of manuscript evidence, William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1982, p. 92.



== Further reading ==

== External links ==

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuscule_170 Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 170]

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[[Category:Greek New Testament minuscules]]
[[Category:13th-century biblical manuscripts]]

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