Minuscule 139

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Minuscule 139 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), A²⁰² (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Dated by a colophon to 1173.^[1]</sup

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

Description

The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Luke and Gospel of John on 233 parchment leaves (size 37 cm by 27.5 cm),^{[1]</sup with a commentary.[2]</sup Written in one column per page.[1]</sup}

It is believed the date 1173 was added by a later hand, though according to Gregory it is correct date.^[3]</sup

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.^[4]</sup

History

According to the colophon it was written in 1173, but the colophon was not written by the original scribe (a somewhat later hand).^[2]</sup

The manuscript was examined by Birch and Scholz.^[3]</sup

It is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Vat. gr. 758), at Rome.^[1]</sup

See also

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

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. 55.
• 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. 213.
• 3. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 157.
• 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

External links

• Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 139