Minuscule 208
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Minuscule 208 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 127 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 11th century.[1]
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Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 239 parchment leaves (size 17.9 cm by 14.4 cm).[1] Written in one column per page, in 23 lines per page.[2] John 7:53-8:11 placed at the end of the Gospel of John. It contains Epistula ad Carpianum, the Eusebian tables, tables of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, Ammonian Sections, and Eusebian Canons.[3][2]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland plased it in Category V.[4]
History
The manuscript was examined by Birch and Burgon.[2]
It is currently housed at the Biblioteca Marciana (Gr. Z 9), at Venice.[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. 59.
- 2. C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 167.
- 3. F. H. A. Scrivener, A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament (London 1894), Vol. 1, p. 220.
- 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.
