Minuscule 52
From Textus Receptus
Minuscule 52 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 345 (Von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. The codex was written in 1285 or 1286.[1]
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Description
The codex contains complete text of the four Gospels on 158 leaves (size 16.5 cm by 12.5 cm). Written in one column per page, 27-30 lines per page, in elegant small minuscule letters.[1][2]
It contains κεφαλαια, the Ammonian Sections, the Eusebian Canons, pictures, menaion, and subscriptions.[3]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[4]
History
The manuscript once belonged to Joasaph, a monk. William Laud became its owner in 1640.[2]
It was examined by Mill and Griesbach.[3]
It is currently housed in at the Bodleian Library (Laud. Gr. 3), at Oxford.[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. 49.
- 2. C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 140.
- 3. F. H. A. Scrivener, "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament" (London 1861), p. 140.
- 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
- A. Turyn, "Dated Greek Manuscripts of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries in the Libraries of Great Britain", Dumbarton Oaks Series 27, Washington, D.C., 1980, pp. 44 ff.
