Minuscule 141

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Minuscule 141 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 408 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 13th century.^[1]

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

Description

The codex contains the entire of the New Testament (Gospels, Acts, Cath, Paul, Rev.) on 400 parchment leaves (size 23.4 cm by 16.7 cm), they are split in two volumes.^[1] Written in one column per page, 26 lines per page.^[1] The leaves are arranged in quaternions, but separately numbered for each volume.^[2]

It contains lists of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, lectionary equipment on a margin, αναγνωσεις, synaxaria, pictures, Menologion, subscriptions stichoi, and Euthalian apparatus.^[3][2]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.^[4] It belongs to the textual family K^r.^[5]

History

It was examined by Birch, Scholz, Gregory, and Herman C. Hoskier. It is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Vat. gr. 1160), at Rome.^[1]

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. F. H. A. Scrivener, "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament" (London 1894), vol. 1, p. 213.
• 3. C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 157.
• 4. Kurt Aland, and Barbara Aland, "The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism", transl. Erroll F. Rhodes, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1995, p. 138.
• 5. F. Wisse, The profile method for the classification and evaluation of manuscript evidence, William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1982, p. 92.

Further reading

• Herman C. Hoskier, "Manuscripts of the Apocalypse - Recent Investigations V", BJRL vol. 8, pt2 (1924), pp. 16-17.
• Herman C. Hoskier, "Concerning the Text of the Apocalypse" (London, 1929).

External links

• Minuscule 141 at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism
• Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 141