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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| - | The codex contains the text of the four [[Gospel]]s, on 411 parchment leaves (size 33.5 cm by 22 cm), with some [[Lacuna (manuscript)|lacunae]] (Mark 8:12-34; 14:17-54; Luke 15:32-16:8).<sup>[1]</sup> Written in one column per page, 33-39 lines per page.<sup>[1]</sup> It contains tables of κεφαλαια. The biblical text is surrounded by a commentary of [[Euthymius Zigabenus]].<sup>[2]</sup> Biblical text written in red, text of commentary in black ink.<sup>[3]</sup> | + | The codex contains the text of the four [[Gospel]]s, on 411 parchment leaves (size 33.5 cm by 22 cm), with some [[Lacuna (manuscript)|lacunae]] ([[Mark 8:12]]-[[Mark 8:34|34]]; [[Mark 14:17|14:17]]-[[Mark 14:54|54]]; [[Luke 15:32]]-[[Luke 16:8|16:8]]).<sup>[1]</sup> Written in one column per page, 33-39 lines per page.<sup>[1]</sup> It contains tables of κεφαλαια. The biblical text is surrounded by a commentary of [[Euthymius Zigabenus]].<sup>[2]</sup> Biblical text written in red, text of commentary in black ink.<sup>[3]</sup> |
== Text == | == Text == | ||
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== History == | == History == | ||
| - | Formerly the manuscript was held in the monastery [[Philotheou monastery|Philotheus]] at [[Mount Athos|Athos]] peninsula, then in the [[Dionysiou monastery|Dionysius]] monastery. It was brought from the Athos to Moscow, by the monk Arsenius, on the suggestion of the [[Patriarch Nikon]], in the reign of [[Alexis of Russia|Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov]] (1645-1676).<sup>[2]</sup> The manuscript was collated by [[Christian Frederick Matthaei|C. F. Matthaei]]. | + | Formerly the manuscript was held in the monastery [[Philotheou monastery|Philotheus]] at [[Mount Athos|Athos]] peninsula, then in the [[Dionysiou monastery|Dionysius]] monastery. It was brought from the Athos to Moscow, by the monk Arsenius, on the suggestion of the [[Patriarch Nikon]], in the reign of [[Alexis of Russia|Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov]] ([[1645 AD|1645]]-[[1676 AD|1676]]).<sup>[2]</sup> The manuscript was collated by [[Christian Frederick Matthaei|C. F. Matthaei]]. |
The manuscript is currently housed at the [[State Historical Museum]] (V. 87, S. 48) at [[Moscow]].<sup>[1]</sup> | The manuscript is currently housed at the [[State Historical Museum]] (V. 87, S. 48) at [[Moscow]].<sup>[1]</sup> | ||
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* 3. [[Caspar René Gregory|C. R. Gregory]], "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 171. | * 3. [[Caspar René Gregory|C. R. Gregory]], "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 171. | ||
* 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. | * 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. | ||
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== Further reading == | == Further reading == | ||
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Minuscule 240 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Zε21 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 12th century.[1]
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Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 411 parchment leaves (size 33.5 cm by 22 cm), with some lacunae (Mark 8:12-34; 14:17-54; Luke 15:32-16:8).[1] Written in one column per page, 33-39 lines per page.[1] It contains tables of κεφαλαια. The biblical text is surrounded by a commentary of Euthymius Zigabenus.[2] Biblical text written in red, text of commentary in black ink.[3]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[4]
History
Formerly the manuscript was held in the monastery Philotheus at Athos peninsula, then in the Dionysius monastery. It was brought from the Athos to Moscow, by the monk Arsenius, on the suggestion of the Patriarch Nikon, in the reign of Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov (1645-1676).[2] The manuscript was collated by C. F. Matthaei.
The manuscript is currently housed at the State Historical Museum (V. 87, S. 48) at Moscow.[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. 61.
- 2. F. H. A. Scrivener, A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament (London 1894), Vol. 1, p. 223.
- 3. C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 171.
- 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.
Further reading
- C. F. Matthaei, Novum Testamentu Graece et Latine (Riga, 1782). (as i)
- Kurt Treu, Die Griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments in der UdSSR; eine systematische Auswertung des Texthandschriften in Leningrad, Moskau, Kiev, Odessa, Tbilisi und Erevan, T & U 90 (Berlin, 1966), pp. 270-272.
