Minuscule 162

Minuscule 162 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 214 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Dated by its colophon to the year 1153.^[1]

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 248 parchment leaves (size ).^[1] Written in one column per page, in 23 lines per page^[1], in black ink, the capital letters in red^[2]C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 161.</ref>.

It contains the Epistula ad Carpianum, Eusebian tables, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, Ammonian Sections, pictures, and subscriptions.^[3]

Text

In Luke 11:2 it contains the very same remarkable reading than minuscule 700: ἐλθέτω σου τὸ πνεῦμά τὸ ἅγιον καὶ καθαρισάτω ἡμᾶς ("May your Holy Spirit come and cleanse us"), instead of "May your Kingdom come" in the Lord's Prayer.

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.

History

According to the colophon it was written 13 May, 1153 by Presbyter Manuel.^[3]

It was slightly examined by Birch and Scholz (1794-1852).

It is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Barb. gr. 449), at Rome.^[1]

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism

References

• 1. ^ a b c d 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. ^ C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 161.
  3. ^ a b F. H. A. Scrivener, "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament" (George Bell & Sons: London 1894), vol. 1, p. 215.
  4. ^ Bruce M. Metzger, Bart D. Ehrman, The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration, Oxford University Press, 2005, p. 90.
  5. ^ 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.

External links

• Minuscule 162 at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism

• Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 162