Minuscule 72
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Minuscule 72 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 110 (von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Paleographically it had been asigned to the 11th century.[1] John Mill called it Codex Ephesinus.[2] It is currently housed in at the British Library (Harley 5647), at London.[3]
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Description
The codex contains complete text of the four Gospels on 268 leaves (size 25.2 cm by 20 cm). Written stichometrically in one column per page, 22-24 lines per page<[4] in elegant minuscule letters.[5][6] Capital letters in red.[7] It contains Epistle to Carpianum, tables of κεφαλαια, pictures, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, lectionary markings, the Ammonian Sections (Matthew 360, Mark 240; Luke 342, John 232), Eusebian Canons, subscriptions and στιχοι (in Mark).[8] Elegantly written. It has scholia in Matthew and two scholia in Mark 16:19-20.[9]
It has varios readings and personal notes in the margin of the codex written in Greek and Arabic.[10][11] The text of Matthew is surrounded by a catena.[12]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. It belongs to the Family Π.[13]
History
According to Arabic notes on a margin, the manuscript was later the property of a Presbyter David, the son of Micheal the Metropolitan of Bosra.[14]
It was examined by Wettstein in 1731 and Griesbach.[15]
See also
References
- ^ a b c K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 50.
- ^ a b c d e F. H. A. Scrivener
, "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament" (George Bell & Sons: London 1861), Vol. 1, p. 204.
- ^ a b c d e C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 145.
4. ^ a b Kirsopp Lake, "Family Π and the Codex Alexandrinus. The Text According to Mark", London 1936.
Further reading
- A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), II (1808), no. 5647.
- J. W. Burgon, The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to St. Mark (Oxford and London, 1871).
- Kirsopp Lake, "Family Π and the Codex Alexandrinus. The Text According to Mark", London 1936
External links
- Harley 5647 at the British Library
