Minuscule 22

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Minuscule 22 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 288 (Soden), known also as Codex Colbertinus 2467. It is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, written on vellum. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 12th century.^[1] Formerly it was assigned to the 11 century (Tregelles, Scrivener).

Contents 1 Description 2 Text 3 History 4 See also 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External links

Description

The codex contains a text of the four Gospels on 232 parchment leaves (26 cm by 19 cm) with some lacunae (Matt. 1:1-2:2; 4:19-5:25; John 14:22-16:27). Written in one column per page, 22 lines per page (17.2 by 12 cm), in black ink, capital letters in gold ink.^[2] It contains tables of κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, κεφαλαια, the Ammonian Sections (Matthew 355, Mark 233), the Eusebian Canons (partially), and subscription. In the 16th century lectionary markings were added to the manuscript.^[3] The Eusebian Canons are incomplete. The manuscript has a comment about the authenticity of Mark 16:9-20. The manuscript is free from itacism and errors from "homoteleuton", and very carefully accentuated.^[3] Some leaves are dislocated.^[2]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is mixed. According to Streeter it is a representative of the Caesarean text-type, but according to Kurt Aland it has some the Byzantine text-type element, though it is not pure Byzantine manuscript. Aland did not place it in any of Categories of New Testament manuscripts. D. A. Black classified it as the Caesarean text.^[4] Text is in close relationship to the textual family f¹ but do not belongs to this group. Wisse listing 22, 134, 149, 351 (part), 1192, and 1210 as members of group 22b.^[5]

I has some remarkable readings. In Matthew 27:9 it has unique textual variant ἐπληρώθη τὸ ῥηθὲν διὰ Ζαχαρίου τοῦ προφήτου (fulfilled what was spoken by Zachariah the prophet). Another manuscripts usually have "Jeremiah".

History

The manuscript was partially examined and collated by Wettstein, Scholz (only 96 verses),^[6] Scrivener, and Gregory.^[2] Sanders gave full a collation of the manuscript in 1914.

It is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 72) at Paris.^[1]

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Textual criticism
• Biblical manuscript

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. 48.
• 2. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 134.
• 3. F. H. A. Scrivener, A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament (George Bell & Sons: London 1894), vol 1, p. 194.
• 4. David Alan Black, New Testament Textual Criticism, Baker Books, 2006, p. 65.
• 5. Frederik Wisse, The profile method for the classification and evaluation of manuscript evidence, William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1982, pp. 107-108.
• 6. S. P. Tregelles, "An Introduction to the Critical study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures", London 1856, p. 208.

Further reading

• Henry A. Sanders, "A New Collation of MS 22 of the Gospels", JBL 33 (Philadelphia, 1914), pp. 92-117.

External links

• Minuscule 22 at the Robert Waltz, Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism
• Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 22