Minuscule 9
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Minuscule 9 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 279 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 12th century, but according to the colophon it was written in the year 1167.[1]
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Description
The codex contains the complete text of the four Gospels, on 298 parchment leaves (23.5 by 17 cm). Written in one column per page, 20 lines per page, size of text has only 16.4 by 11 cm. The Eusebian Canons were given, and synaxaria. It contains Epistula ad Carpianum, Eusebian tables, pictures, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, subscriptions, Ammonian Sections, ρηματα, στιχοι, Synaxarion, Menologion, and .[2]
The style is rather barbarious.[3]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[4]
History
According to the colophon it was written ωρα γ της ημερας, πολευοντος ζ ηλεου δι επων. "ζ ηλεου" means seventh sun.[5]
It was written when "Manuel Porphyrogennetus was ruler of Constantinople, Amauri of Jerusalem, William II of Sicily".[3]
This codex was used by Robert Estienne in his Editio Regia (1550), in which was designated by him as ιβ'. It was in private hands and belonged to Peter Stella (about 1570), then to Boistallier. It became part of collection of Kuster (Kuster's Paris 3).[3]
It was examined by Montfaucon and Scholz examined Matthew 1-8; Mark 1-4; John 4-8.[2]
The codex now is located at the National Library of France (Gr. 83) in Paris.[1]
See also
References
- 1. K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 47.
- 2. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 129-130.
- 3. F. H. A. Scrivener, A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament (London, 1894), Vol. 1, p. 192.
- 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.
- 5. J. M. A. Scholz, Biblisch-kritische Reise in Frankreich, der Schweiz, Italien, Palästine und im Archipel in den Jahren 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821: Nebst einer Geschichte des Textes des Neuen Testaments (Leipzig, 1823), p. 4.
Further reading
- Bernard de Montfaucon, Bibliotheca Coisliniana olim Segueriana, Paris: Ludovicus Guerin & Carolus Robustel, 1715, p. 305-307.
