Minuscule 138
From Textus Receptus
Minuscule 138 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), A304 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 11th century.[1]
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Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 380 parchment leaves (size 30 cm by 22.5 cm),[2] with a commentary, and minor lacunae.[3] Written in one column per page, 37 lines per page.[4]
The commentary on Mark is of Victor,[5] mixed up with the text, both in slovenly hand.[6] It contains synaxaria, Menologion, and pictures. Tables of κεφαλαια were added by a later hand.[7] Mark 16:9-20 was marked by obelus as a doubtfull. The text of Mark 1:1-4:11 was supplemented by a later hand.[8]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[9]
History
It was examined by Birch, Scholz, and Burgon.
It is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Vat. gr. 757), at Rome.[10]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 55.
- ^ a b Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 213.
- ^ a b c Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 157.
- ^ 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.
Further reading
External links
- Minuscule 138 at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism
