Minuscule 79
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Minuscule 79 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 529 (von Soden), known as Codex Georg Douzae, is a Greek-Latin minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 15th century.[1]
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Description
The codex contains almost complete the text of the four Gospels with one large lacunae (Matt. 1:1-14:13) on 208 parchment leaves (size 16.5 cm by 12 cm). Written in two columns per page, 26-28 lines per page.[2] Initial letters in red.[3]
It contains the Eusebian Tables, κεφαλαια (not τιτλοι), αναγνωσεις, synaxaria, and pictures.[4] Two paper leaves were added in the 16th century at the end of the codex.[5]
History
Georg Douza brought this codex from Constantinople in 1597.[6] It is currently housed in at the Leiden University Library (B. P. Gr. 74), at Leiden.[7]
See also
References
- ^ a b c K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 51.
- ^ a b c C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 147.
- ^ F. H. A. Scrivener, "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament" (London 1894), Vol. 1, p. 205.
