Editing Minuscule 29

'''Minuscule 29''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), ε 1022 ([[Biblical manuscript#Von Soden|Soden]]). It is a [[Greek language|Greek]] [[Lower case|minuscule]] [[manuscript]] of the [[New Testament]], written on vellum. [[Paleography|Paleographically]] it had been assigned to the 11th century.<sup>[1]</sup> 

== Description == 

The codex contains the text of the four [[Gospel]]s on 169 parchment leaves (18.1 by 14.1 cm). Written in one column per page, 30 lines per page.<sup>[1]</sup> Correctly written by a Latin scribe. It contains Prolegomena, the [[Eusebian Canons]], subscriptions, [[Synaxarion]], and [[Menologion]]. Initial letters written in colour.<sup>[2]</sup> 
In the three later Gospels some leaves lost (Matt. 1-15; Mark 16:15 - Luke 4:28), and were supplied in the 15th century by paper leaves.<sup>[3]</sup><sup>[2]</sup> 

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the [[Byzantine text-type]]. [[Kurt Aland|Aland]] place it in Category V.<sup>[4]</sup>  

== History ==

The manuscript was examined by [[Johannes Martin Augustinus Scholz|Scholz]] (1794-1852).<sup>[2]</sup> 

It is currently housed at the [[Bibliothèque nationale de France]] (Gr. 89) at [[Paris]].<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. 48.
*   2. [[Caspar René Gregory|Gregory, Caspar René]] (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 135. 
*   3. [[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|F. H. A. Scrivener]], "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament" (London 1861), p. 145
*   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.

== Further reading == 

* [[Kirsopp Lake]] & Silva Lake, "Family 13 (The Ferrar Group): The Text According to Mark", ''Studies & Documents'' 11, 1941. 


== External Link ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuscule_29 Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 29]
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