Editing Minuscule 154

'''Minuscule 154''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), Θ<sup>ε402</sup> ([[Biblical manuscript#Von Soden|Soden]]), is a [[Greek language|Greek]] [[Lower case|minuscule]] [[manuscript]] of the [[New Testament]], on cotton paper. [[Paleography|Paleographically]] it had been assigned to the 13th century.<sup>[1]</sup> 

== Description ==

The codex contains a complete text of the four [[Gospel]]s on 355 paper leaves (size 26.3 cm by 20.7 cm),<sup>[1]</sup> with a Theophtlact's commentary.<sup>[2]</sup> Written in one column per page, in 40 lines per page.<sup>[1]</sup> Paper has brown colour, written in black ink, capital letters in red.<sup>[3]</sup> 

It contains [[Synaxarion|synaxaria]], [[Menologion]], [[Stichometry|stichoi]], not the [[Eusebian Canons]],<sup>[3]</sup> and date "April 14, 1442".<sup>[2]</sup> 

== Text ==

== History ==

It was presented by [[Christina of Sweden|Christina]], Queen of Sweden, to [[Pope Alexander VII]] (1689-1691), together with the manuscripts [[Minuscule 155|155]], [[Minuscule 156|156]], and [[Minuscule 181|181]].<sup>[2]</sup><sup>[3]</sup> 

It was examined by [[Andrew Birch|Birch]] and [[Johann Martin Augustin Scholz|Scholz]].<sup>[3]</sup> 

It is currently housed at the [[Vatican Library]] (Reg. gr. 28), at [[Rome]].<sup>[1]</sup>

== See also ==
* [[List of New Testament minuscules]]
* [[Biblical manuscript]]
* [[Textual criticism]]

== References ==

*   1. [[Kurt Aland|K. Aland]], M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 56.
*   2. [[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|F. H. A. Scrivener]], "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament" (London 1861), p. 160.
*   3. [[Caspar René Gregory|C. R. Gregory]], "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 159.



== Further reading ==

* Henry Stevenson, ''Codd. mss. Gr. reginae Svecorum et Pii pp. II bibliothecae  Vaticanae'', Rom 1888, p. 22.

== External links ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuscule_154 Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 154]



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[[Category:Greek New Testament minuscules]]
[[Category:13th-century biblical manuscripts]]

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