Editing Minuscule 171

'''Minuscule 171''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), ε 407 ([[Biblical manuscript#Von Soden|Soden]]), is a [[Greek language|Greek]] [[Lower case|minuscule]] [[manuscript]] of the [[New Testament]], on parchment. [[Palaeography|Palaeographically]] it had been assigned to the 14th century.<sup>[1]</sup> 

== Description ==

The codex contains a complete text of the four [[Gospel]]s on 254 thick parchment leaves (size 14.4 cm by 10.9 cm).<sup>[1]</sup> Written in one column per page, in 20 lines per page (size of column 8.5 by 6.5 cm).<sup>[1]</sup> Written in black ink, capital letters in red.<sup>[2]</sup> Ornamented with silver.

It contains prolegomena, tables of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, Ammonian Sections (Mark 236 - 16:12), [[Eusebian Canons]], lectionary markings, αναγνωσεις, and subscriptions.<sup>[2]</sup><sup>[3]</sup>

== Text ==

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the [[Byzantine text-type]]. [[Kurt Aland|Aland]] placed it in [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts#Category V|Category V]].<sup>[4]</sup>

== History ==

The manuscript was once in the property of Achilles Statius, as also was [[minuscule 169]].<sup>[3]</sup> It was examined by [[Giuseppe Bianchini|Bianchini]], [[Andrew Birch|Birch]], and [[Johann Martin Augustin Scholz|Scholz]].<sup>[2]</sup> 

It is currently housed at the [[Biblioteca Vallicelliana]] (C. 73.2), 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. 57.
* 2. [[Caspar René Gregory|C. R. Gregory]], "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 162.
* 3. [[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose]]; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 215. 
* 4.[[Kurt Aland|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 ==

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuscule_171 Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 171]

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[[Category:Greek New Testament minuscules]]
[[Category:14th-century biblical manuscripts]]

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