Editing Minuscule 166

'''Minuscule 166''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), ε 306 ([[Biblical manuscript#Von Soden|Soden]]), is a [[Greek language|Greek]] [[Lower case|minuscule]] [[manuscript]] of the [[New Testament]], on parchment. [[Paleography|Paleographically]] it had been assigned to the 11th or 12th centuries.<sup>[1]</sup> 

== Description ==

The codex contains only the text [[Gospel of Luke]] 9:33-24:24 and [[Gospel of John]] 1:23-21:25 on 75 thick parchment leaves (size 21.2 cm by 16.5 cm).<sup>[1]</sup> Written in one column per page, in 27 lines per page (size of text 14.1 cm by 10.5 cm), in black ink, capital letters in red.<sup>[2]</sup> 

It contains the κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, Ammonian Sections, and [[Eusebian Canons]].<sup>[3]</sup>

== Text ==

The pericope [[Jesus and the woman taken in adultery|Pericope Adulterae]] (John 7:53-8:11) is marked by [[obelus]].<sup>[2]</sup>
== History ==

The subscription states that the manuscript was written by Leo, a priest and caligrapher, in October 1193.<sup>[3]</sup> 

It was examined by [[Andrew Birch|Birch]] and [[Johann Martin Augustin Scholz|Scholz]] (1794-1852). 

It is currently housed at the [[Vatican Library]] (Barb. gr. 541), 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. [[Caspar René Gregory|C. R. Gregory]]
, "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 161.
*   3. [[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|F. H. A. Scrivener]], A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament (London 1894), Vol. 1, p. 215.

== Further reading ==

== External links ==

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuscule_166 Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 166]

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[[Category:Greek New Testament minuscules]]
[[Category:11th-century biblical manuscripts]]

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