Minuscule 153
From Textus Receptus
Minuscule 153 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 402 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on cotton paper. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 14th century.[1] Formerly it was dated to 13th century (Scrivener, Gregory).[2][3]
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Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 268 cotton paper leaves (size 21 cm by 13.5 cm).[1] Written in one column per page, in 22-25 lines per page (size of text 14.6 by 8.9 cm).[1] Written in bown ink, the capital letters in red. The colour of paper is brown.[3] It contains prolegomena, tables of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, Ammonian Sections (Mark 241 - 16:20), (not Eusebian Canons), lectionary markings, incipits, Synaxarion, Menologion, large subscriptions, and στιχοι.[3][2] Menologion, stichoi.[3]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is representative of the Byzantine text-type, but Aland did not place it in any Category.[4] According to Wisse it belongs to the textual family Family Kx in Luke 1; 10; 20.[5]
History
The manuscript was examined by Birch and Scholz.[3]
It is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Pal. gr. 229), at Rome.[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. 56.
- 2. F. H. A. Scrivener, "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament" (George Bell & Sons: London 1894), Vol. 1, p. 214.
- 3. C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 159.
- 4. 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. 138. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- 5. F. Wisse, The profile method for the classification and evaluation of manuscript evidence, William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1982, p. 56.
