Minuscule 17
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Minuscule 17 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 525 (Soden). It is a Greek-Latin minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on 354 parchment leaves (30.9 by 21 cm), dated paleographically to the 15th century (according to Scrivener 16th century). Written in two columns per page, 25-26 lines per page.[1]
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Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels. It contains Ammonian Sections, lectionary markings, Latin synaxaria, and pictures. "It was neatly written in France by George Hermonymus the Spartan, who settled at Paris in 1472, and became the Greek teacher of Budaeus and Reuchlin".[2] It has the Latin Vulgate version.
History
It once belonged to Cardinal Bourbon (1476-1488). It was examined by Wettstein, Griesbach and Scholz.[3]
It is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 55) at Paris.[1]
See also
References
- 1. K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 47.
- 2. F. H. A. Scrivener, A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament (London 1861), p. 144.
- 3. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 132-133.
