Editing Minuscule 239

'''Minuscule 239''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), A<sup>147</sup> ([[Biblical manuscript#Von Soden|Soden]]), is a [[Greek language|Greek]] [[Lower case|minuscule]] [[manuscript]] of the [[New Testament]], on parchment. [[Palaeography|Palaeographically]] it had been assigned to the 11th century.<sup>[1]</sup> 

== Description ==

The codex contains the text of the  Mark 16:2-8; Luke 1:1-53; 1:70-24:53; John 1:1-16:23 on 277 parchment leaves (size 32.5 cm by 25.5 cm).<sup>[1]</sup> It contains the Eusebian tables, tables of κεφαλαια (Luke, John), and scholia.<sup>[2]</sup> The biblical text is surrounded by a commentary ([[Catena (Biblical commentary)|catena]]).<sup>[3]</sup>

== Text ==

[[Kurt Aland]] did not place it in any [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts|Category]].

== History ==

The manuscript belonged to the monastery [[Pantokratoros monastery|Pantocrator]] at [[Mount Athos|Athos]] peninsula. It was brought to Moscow, by the monk Arsenius, on the suggestion of the [[Patriarch Nikon]], in the reign of [[Alexis of Russia|Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov]] (1645-1676).<sup>[2]</sup> The manuscript was collated by [[Christian Frederick Matthaei|C. F. Matthaei]].<sup>[3]</sup>

The manuscript is currently housed at the [[State Historical Museum]] (V. 84, S. 46) at [[Moscow]].<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. 61.
*   2. [[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|F. H. A. Scrivener]], A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament (London 1894), Vol. 1, p. 223.
*   3. [[Caspar René Gregory|C. R. Gregory]], "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 170.



== Further reading ==

* C. F. Matthaei, ''Novum Testamentu Graece et Latine'' (Riga, 1782). (as g)
* [[Kurt Treu]], ''Die Griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments in der UdSSR; eine systematische Auswertung des Texthandschriften in Leningrad, Moskau, Kiev, Odessa, Tbilisi und Erevan'', T & U 90 (Berlin, 1966), pp. 264-265.

== External links ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuscule_239 Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 239]

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

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