Minuscule 121
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Minuscule 121 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 366 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Dated to the year 1284.[1]
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Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 241 parchment leaves (size 20 cm by 15 cm)[1] with lacunae in Matthew 5:21-8:24. Written in one column per page, 24 lines per page. Capital letters in colour.[2] It contains tables of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, Ammonian Sections (Mark 241 - 16:20), (not Eusebian Canons), lectionary markings, incipits, Synaxarion, Menologion, and subscriptions.[2]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[3]
History
According to the colophon it was written in September 1284, by Joasaph.[4]
It was examined by Griesbach, Scholz, and Tischendorf.[2]
It is currently housed at the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, 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. 53.
- 2. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 154-155.
- 3. 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.
- 4. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 211.
Further reading
- J. J. Griesbach, Symb. critica, p. CCXXIII-CCXXIV.
