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. Palaeographically 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 on 179 parchment leaves. The size of pages is .[1] Written in one column per page, in 33-35 lines per page[1] (size of text is 22.6 cm by 13.9 cm). Capital letters in red.[2] It contains Prolegomena to Catholic and Pauline epistles, and liturgy equipment. Parchment is fine and white.[2]
The order of books is typical: Gospels, Acts, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles, Revelation.[2]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kx.[3] Aland placed it in Category V.[4]
History
Amelotte quoted several of its readings. These readings were used by Wettstein.[5] The manuscript was examined by Birch, and Scholz.[2]
The text of Apocalypse was collated by Hoskier.
It is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Pal. gr. 171), at Rome.[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. 55.
- 2. C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, pp. 158-159.
- 3. Frederik Wisse, The profile method for the classification and evaluation of manuscript evidence, William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1982, p. 55.
- 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. Johann David Michaelis, Introduction to the New Testament (London 1823), p. 350.
Further reading
- Herman C. Hoskier, "Concerning the Text of the Apocalypse" (London, 1929), pp. 53-55.
