Editing Minuscule 179

'''Minuscule 179''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), ε 211 ([[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 12th century.<sup>[1]</sup> 

== Description ==

The codex contains almost complete text of the four [[Gospel]]s on 249 thick parchment leaves (size 19.5 cm by 16.5 cm),<sup>[1]</sup> with some [[Lacuna (manuscripts)|lacunae]].<sup>[2]</sup> Written in one column per page, in 21-23 lines per page,<sup>[1]</sup> in dark-brown ink, capital letters in red.<sup>[2]</sup> The last five leaves (214-218) and two others (23, 30) are paper, and were added later in the 15th or 16th century.<sup>[3]</sup> It contains the Eusebian tables, lists of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, Ammonian Sections, [[Eusebian Canons]], and lectionary markings. [[Synaxarion]] and [[Menologion]] were added in the 15th or 16th century.<sup>[2]</sup> 

It contains the [[Eusebian Canons|Eusebian tables]], kephalaia.<sup>[3]</sup> [[Synaxarion|synaxaria]] and [[Menologion]] only on parts added on paper.<sup>[2]</sup> 

== Text ==
The Greek text of the manuscript is mostly the [[Byzantine text-type|Byzantine]], but it is not pure Byzantine. It is classified to the textual [[Family 1424]]. Aland did not place it in any Category. 

== History ==

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 Angelica]] (11), 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. 163.
*   3. [[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|F. H. A. Scrivener]], "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament" (London 1894), vol. 1, p. 216.



== Further reading == 

== External links ==
* [http://www.skypoint.com/members/waltzmn/Manuscripts1-500.html#m179 Minuscule 179] at the ''Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism'' 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuscule_179 Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 179]

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[[Category:Greek New Testament minuscules]]
[[Category:12th-century biblical manuscripts]]

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