Minuscule 55

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The manuscript was written by Γροιγοριου ιερομοναχου.  
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The manuscript was examined by [[John Mill|Mill]], [[John Ernest Grabe|Grabe]],<sup>[8]</sup> [[Johann Martin Augustin Scholz|Scholz]], [[Constantin von Tischendorf|Tischendorf]], and Gregory in 1883.<sup>[9]</sup>
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The manuscript was examined by [[John Mill|Mill]], [[John Ernest Grabe|Grabe]],<sup>[8]</sup> [[Johann Martin Augustin Scholz|Scholz]], [[Constantin von Tischendorf|Tischendorf]], and Gregory in [[1883 AD|1883]].<sup>[9]</sup>
It is currently housed in at the [[Bodleian Library]] (Selden Supra 6), at [[Oxford]].<sup>[10]</sup>
It is currently housed in at the [[Bodleian Library]] (Selden Supra 6), at [[Oxford]].<sup>[10]</sup>

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Minuscule 55 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 349 (Von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it had been assigned to the 14th century.[1]

Contents

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 349 parchment leaves (size 19.5 cm by 14 cm).[2] Written in one column per page, 21 lines per page. The capital letters in red.[3]

It has Prolegomena to Matthew, lists of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, lectionary equipment on the margin, uncipits, αναγνωσεις, synaxaria, Menologion, stichoi, subscriptions, and beautiful pictures.[4]

The manuscript containing also text Judges 6:1-24.[5]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[6] It belongs to the textual family Family Kr.[7]

History

The manuscript was written by Γροιγοριου ιερομοναχου.

The manuscript was examined by Mill, Grabe,[8] Scholz, Tischendorf, and Gregory in 1883.[9]

It is currently housed in at the Bodleian Library (Selden Supra 6), at Oxford.[10]

See also

References

  • ^ a b c K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 49.
  • ^ a b C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 141.
  • ^ a b F. H. A. Scrivener, "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament" (London 1894), vol. 1, p. 198.
  • ^ 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.
  • ^ F. Wisse, The profile method for the classification and evaluation of manuscript evidence, William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1982, p. 92.
  • ^ John Ernest Grabe, Septuaginta interpretum. tomus 1. Continens Octateuchum; quem Ex antiquissimo MS. Codice Alexandrino accurate descriptum, Oxford 1707


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