Minuscule 122
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Minuscule 121 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 258 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 12th century.[1]
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Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles on 222 parchment leaves (size 18.1 cm by 14.1 cm)[1] with some lacunae (Acts 1:1-14; 21:15-22:28; 1 John 4:20-Jude End; Rom 1:1-7:13; 1 Cor 2:7-14:23).[2] Written in one column per page, 30-32 lines per page (size of text 12.4 by 9 cm).[1] Capital letters in red.[3] It contains Eusebian tables, tables of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, Ammonian Sections (Mark 234 - 16:8), Eusebian Canons, lectionary markings, στιχοι, Menologion to the Acts, Catholic and Pauline epistles, and Euthalian apparatus.[3] It has corrections made by other hand.[2]
The order of books: Gospels, Acts, Catholic epistles and Pauline epistles.[3]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[4]
History
The manuscript was written by Basilius, a monk and diakon. It was examined by Griesbach.[2]
It is currently housed at the Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit (B. P. Gr. 74a), at Leiden.[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. 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.
- 3. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 155.
- 4. 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
- Jakobus Dermout, Collectanea Critica in Novum Testamentum (Leiden 1825).
