Minuscule 16
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Minuscule 16 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 449 (Soden). It is a Greek-Latin minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on 361 parchment leaves (31.6 by 25.2 cm), dated paleographically to the 14th century. Written in two columns per page, 26 lines per page.[1]
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Description
The codex contains almost complete text of the four Gospels with lacunae (Mark 16:14-20). It contains the Eusebian tables (Latin), tables of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, Ammonian Sections, (not Eusebian Canons), lectionary markings, and subscriptions.[2] The codex is written in four colours. "The general run of the narrative is in vermillon; the words of Jesus, the genealogy of Jesus, and the words of angels are in crimson; the words quoted from the Old Testament as well as those of the disciples, Zachariah, Elizabeth, Mary, Simeon, and John the Baptist are in blue; and the words of Pharisees, the centurion, Juda Iscariot, and the devil are in black."[3] It contains one picture.
In Greek text Mark 16:14-20 and in Latin text Mark 9:18-finis were lost. Latin texts Mark 9:18-11:13, Luke 5:21-44; John 1:1-12:17 were added by a later hand.[4]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is mixed but the Byzantine text-type is predominate. Aland did not place it in any Category. Textually it is close to the manuscripts 119, 217, 330, 491, 578, 693, 1528, and 1588. They create Group 16 with following profile:
- Luke 1: 8, (9), 13, 23, 28, 34, 37, 43.
- Luke 10: 3, 7, 15, 19, 23, (25), 58, 63.
- Luke 20: 4, 13, 19, 50, 51, 54, 55, 62, 65.[5] Codex 16 forms a pair with codex 1588 which adds reading 3 and lacks 9 in Luke 1, and lacks 19 and adds 64 in Luke 10.[5]
The Latin text in Matt. 7:13 has textual variant: "lata via et spaciosa est lila quae"; in Mt 13:3 "Ecce qai exiit Seminare Semen suum, et dum seminat quaedam cecid."[4]
History
Formerly the codex was in the hands of Catherine de' Medici. It was examined by Wettstein and Scholz.[4]
It is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 54) 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. 47.
- 2. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 193.
- 3. Bruce M. Metzger, Bart D. Ehrman, The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration, (Oxford University Press, 2005), p. 92.
- 4. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 132.
- 5. Frederik Wisse, The profile method for the classification and evaluation of manuscript evidence, Studies and Documents, William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1982, p. 107.
External links
- Minuscule 16 at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism
- Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 16
