Minuscule 149

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Minuscule 149 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 503 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 15th century.[1] Birch dated to the 14th century.

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Description

The codex contains the entire of the New Testament (Evv, Acts, Cath., Paul, Rev.) on 179 parchment leaves. The size of pages is 35.5 cm by 23.5 cm.[2] Written in one column per page, in 33-35 lines per page[2] (size of text is 22.6 cm by 13.9 cm). Capital letters in red.[3] It contains Prolegomena to Catholic and Pauline epistles, and liturgy equipment. Parchment is fine and white.[4]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[5]

History

It was examined by Birch and Scholz.[6] The text of Apocalypse was collated by Hoskier.

It is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Pal. gr. 171), at Rome.[7]

See also

References

  • ^ 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. 55.
  • ^ a b c C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, pp. 158-159.
  • ^ 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.

Further reading

  • Herman C. Hoskier, "Concerning the Text of the Apocalypse" (London, 1929), pp. 53-55.

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