Minuscule 73
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Minuscule 73 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 260 (von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 12th century.[1]
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Description
The codex contains complete text of the four Gospels on 291 leaves (size 25.1 cm by 20.7 cm). Written in one column per page, 21 lines per page.[1] It contains the Eusebian tables, tables of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια (not complete), τιτλοι, the Ammonian Sections (Matthew 341, Mark mot complete, Luke 349, John 229 - 21:17), the Eusebian Canons, lectionary markings, and pictures.[2][3] It is marked: "Ex dono Mauri Cordati Principis Hungaro-Walachiae, (Anno 1724)".[2]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[4]
History
The manuscript came from Constantinople to England about 1724 and belonged to archbishop of Canterbury, William Wake (1657-1737), together with minuscule manuscripts 74, 506-520. Wake presented it to the Christ Church College in Oxford. In 1732 John Walker slightly collated it for Bentley.[3]
It is currently housed in at the Christ Church College (Wake 26), at Oxford.[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. 50.
- 2. F. H. A. Scrivener, "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament" (George Bell & Sons: London 1894), Vol. 1, p. 204.
- 3. C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 145-146.
- 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.
- 5. C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 146, 169.
Further reading
- C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 145-146.
