Editing Minuscule 181

'''Minuscule 181''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), α 101 ([[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 11th century.<sup>[1]</sup> 

== Description ==

The codex contains the text of the [[Acts of the Apostles]], [[Catholic epistles]], [[Pauline epistles]] and [[Book of Revelation]] with only one [[Lacuna (manuscript)|lacunae]] (Titus 3:3 - Philemon), on 169 elegant parchment leaves (size 25 cm by 19.1 cm).<sup>[1]</sup><sup>[2]</sup> Written in one column per page, in 26-32 lines per page.<sup>[1]</sup> It contains Prolegomena, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, subscriptions, στιχοι, [[Menologion]], and [[Euthalius|Euthalian]] apparatus.<sup>[3]</sup> Apocalypse was added in the 15th century.<sup>[2]</sup>

== Text ==

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the [[Caesarean text-type]] in Gospels and Epistles.<sup>[4]</sup> The text of the Apocalypse is a representative of the [[Byzantine text-type|Byzantine]]. [[Kurt Aland|Aland]] placed it in [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts#Category V|Category V]]. The text of the rest of book Aland placed in [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts#Category III|Category III]].<sup>[5]</sup>

== History ==

The manuscript was given by Christina — like codices [[Minuscule 154|154]], [[Minuscule 155|155]], [[Minuscule 156|156]]<sup>[2]</sup> — to [[Pope Alexander VIII|Alexander VIII]] (1689-1691).<sup>[3]</sup> The text of the manuscript was examined by [[Angelo Maria Bandini|Bandini]], [[Andrew Birch|Birch]], [[Johann Martin Augustin Scholz|Scholz]], and [[Dean Burgon|Burgon]]. 

It is currently housed at the [[Vatican Library]] (Reg. gr. 179), 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. [[Caspar René Gregory|Gregory, Caspar René]] (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 267. 
* 3. ^ a b F. H. A. Scrivener, "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament" (London 1894), vol. 1, p. 287.
* 4. David Alan Black, New Testament Textual Criticism, Baker Books, 2006, p. 65.
* 5. [[Kurt Aland|Aland, Kurt]]; Barbara Aland; Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 129, 132. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.

== Further reading ==
* [[Herman Hoskier|Herman C. Hoskier]], ''Concerning the Text of the Apocalypse'' 1 (London, 1929), pp. 17-24. 

== External links ==
* [http://www.skypoint.com/members/waltzmn/Manuscripts1-500.html#m181 Minuscule 181] at the ''Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism'' 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuscule_181 Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 181]

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[[Category:Greek New Testament minuscules]]
[[Category:11th-century biblical manuscripts]]

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