Minuscule 153

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Minuscule 153 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 402 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on cotton paper. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 14th century. 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. Formerly it was dated to 13th century (Scrivener, Gregory).

Contents 1 Description 2 Text 3 History 4 See also 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External links

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 268 cotton paper leaves (size 21 cm by 13.5 cm). Written in one column per page, in 22-25 lines per page (size of text 14.6 by 8.9 cm). Written in bown ink, the capital letters in red. The colour of paper is brown.C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 159. It contains prolegomena, tables of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, Ammonian Sections (Mark 241 - 16:20), (not Eusebian Canons), lectionary markings, incipits, Synaxarion, Menologion, large subscriptions, and στιχοι.F. H. A. Scrivener, "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament" (George Bell & Sons: London 1894), Vol. 1, p. 214. Menologion, stichoi.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is representative of the Byzantine text-type, but Aland did not place it in any Category.

History

The manuscript was examined by Birch and Scholz.

It is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Pal. gr. 229), at Rome.

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. ^ a b F. H. A. Scrivener, "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament" (George Bell & Sons: London 1894), Vol. 1, p. 214.
3. ^ a b c d e C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 159.
4. ^ 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.
5. ^ F. Wisse, The profile method for the classification and evaluation of manuscript evidence, William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1982, p. 56.

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