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'''Minuscule 61''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering; [[Biblical manuscript#von Soden|Soden's]] δ 603), known as ''Codex Montfortianus'', Erasmus named it ''Codex Britannicus'', is a Greek [[Lower case|minuscule]] [[manuscript]] of the [[New Testament]] on paper. Dated to the early 16th century, though a 15th century date is possible on [[Paleography|paleographic]] grounds.^[1] == Description == Written in one column per page, 21 lines per page, on 455 paper leaves (15.8 by 12 cm).^[2] The codex contains the entire of the New Testament. It contains prolegomena, tables of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, the Ammonian Sections, [[Eusebian Canons]], subscriptions, and [[Stichometry|στιχοι]]. The titles of the sacred books were written in red ink.^[3] == Text == The Greek text of the Gospels and Acts of this codex is a representative of the [[Byzantine text-type]], [[Kurt Aland|Aland]] placed it n [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts#Category V|Category V]]. In [[Pauline epistles]] and [[Catholic epistles]] its text is mixed. Aland placed it in [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts#Category III|Category III]].^[4] In the [[Book of Revelation]] its text belongs to the Byzantine text-type but with a large number of unique textual variants, in a close relationship to the [[Codex Vaticanus 2066|Uncial 046]], and [[Minuscule 69]].^[5] In the Gospels close to the manuscripts [[Minuscule 56|56]], [[Minuscule 58|58]]. In 1 John 5:6 it has textual variant δι' ὕδατος καὶ αἵματος καὶ πνεύματος ἁγίου (''through water and blood and the Holy Spirit'') together with the manuscripts: [[Minuscule 39|39]], [[Minuscule 326|326]], [[Minuscule 1837|1837]].^[6]^[a] [[Bart D. Ehrman]] identified this reading as Orthodox corrupt reading.^[7] It contains the [[Comma Johanneum]] as an integral part of the text. An engraved facsimile of the relevant page can be seen in [[Thomas H. Horne]], ''An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures'' (London: Cadell and Davies, 1818), vol. 2.2, p. 118. == History == It was the first Greek manuscript discovered that contains the [[Comma Johanneum]] in 1 John 5:7-8. It was copied from a 10th century manuscript at [[Lincoln College, Oxford]], that did not have the ''Comma''. ''Comma'' was inserted from the Latin.^[8] Its earliest known owner was Froy, a Franciscan friar, then Thomas Clement (1569), then William Chark (1582), then Thomas Montfort, from whom it derives its present name, then Archbishop Ussher, who caused the collation to be made which appears in [[Brian Walton (bishop)|Walton's]] Polyglott (Matthew 1:1; Acts 22:29; Romans 1), and presented the manuscript to Trinity College.^[9]^[1] This codex was used by [[Desiderius Erasmus|Erasmus]] in his third edition of [[Novum Instrumentum omne|Novum Testamentum]] (1522).^[1] Erasmus misprinted εμαις for εν αις in Apocalypse 2:13.^[1] The codex now is located at the [[Trinity College, Dublin|Trinity College]] (Ms. 30) at [[Dublin]].^[2] == See also == * [[List of New Testament minuscules]] * [[Textus Receptus]] * [[Textual criticism]] == Notes == * a. For the another variants of this verse see: Textual variants in the First Epistle of John. == References == * 1. [[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|F. H. A. Scrivener]], A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament (George Bell & Sons: London, 1894), vol. 1, p. 200. * 2. [[Kurt Aland|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. * 3. [[Caspar René Gregory|C. R. Gregory]], "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 143. * 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, (Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1995), p. 129. * 5. [[Bruce Metzger|Bruce M. Metzger]], [[Bart Ehrman| Bart D. Ehrman]], The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration, (Oxford University Press, 2005), p. 86. * 6. UBS3, p. 823. * 7. [[Bart Ehrman| Bart D. Ehrman]], The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture, Oxford University Press, Oxford 1993, p. 60. * 8. [[Bruce Metzger|Bruce M. Metzger]], [[Bart Ehrman| Bart D. Ehrman]], The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration, (Oxford University Press, 2005), p. 88, 147. * 9. S. P. Tregelles, "An Introduction to the Critical study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures", London 1856, p. 213-14. == Further readings == * Orlando T. Dobbin, [http://books.google.pl/books?id=ZVM7Drma5ZwC&pg=PP7&dq#v=onepage&q=&f=false ''The Codex Montfortianus, a Collation of this Celebrated MS ... throughout the Gospels and Acts with the Greek and Acts with the Greek Text of Western and with certain MSS (Evv 56, 58, Ag 33) in the University of Oxford''] (London, 1854). == External links == * [http://www.skypoint.com/members/waltzmn/Manuscripts1-500.html#m61 Codex Montfortianus] at the ''Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism'' * [http://www.1john57.com/horne.htm Johannum Comma Archives] * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuscule_61 Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 61] {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 0061}} [[Category:Greek New Testament minuscules]] [[Category:16th-century biblical manuscripts]]

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