Editing Minuscule 212

'''Minuscule 212''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), ε 128 ([[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 century.<sup>[1]</sup> 

== Description ==

The codex contains almost complete text of the four [[Gospel]]s, with some [[Lacuna (manuscripts)|lacunae]], on 273 parchment leaves (size 17.5 cm by 13 cm).<sup>[1]</sup> Written in one column per page, 23 lines per page.<sup>[2]</sup> The manuscript is beautifully written. The first page in gold, with pictures, and most elaborate illuminations.<sup>[3]</sup>  
It contains the [[Epistula ad Carpianum]], [[Eusebian Canons]], κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, Ammonian Sections (Mark 241), and beautiful pictures.<sup>[2]</sup> The [[Eusebian Canons]] were added by a later hand. The leaves 39-52, 190-201, 266-273 were supplemented in the 15th century.<sup>[2]</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 examined by [[Andrew Birch|Birch]] and [[Dean Burgon|Burgon]].<sup>[2]</sup> 

It is currently housed at the [[Biblioteca Marciana]] (Gr. Z 540), at [[Venice]].<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. 60.
*   2. [[Caspar René Gregory|C. R. Gregory]], "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 168.
*   3. [[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose]] (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1. London. p. 220. 
*   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.



== Further reading ==

== External links ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuscule_212 Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 212]


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

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