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'''Minuscule 104''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), α 103 ([[Biblical manuscript#Von Soden|Soden]]), is a [[Greek language|Greek]] [[Lower case|minuscule]] [[manuscript]] of the [[New Testament]], on parchment leaves. [[Palaeography|Palaeographically]] it had been assigned to the 12th century.<sup>[1]</sup> | '''Minuscule 104''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), α 103 ([[Biblical manuscript#Von Soden|Soden]]), is a [[Greek language|Greek]] [[Lower case|minuscule]] [[manuscript]] of the [[New Testament]], on parchment leaves. [[Palaeography|Palaeographically]] it had been assigned to the 12th century.<sup>[1]</sup> | ||
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== Description == | == Description == | ||
- | The codex contains a complete text of the [[Acts of the Apostles|Acts]], [[Pauline epistles]], and the [[Book of Revelation]] on 286 parchment leaves (size 11.7 cm by 9.4 cm), with only one [[Lacuna (manuscript)|lacunae]] (1 John 5:14- 2 John 5). Written in one column per page, in 23 lines per page. According to the colophon it was written in 1087.<sup>[ | + | The codex contains a complete text of the [[Acts of the Apostles|Acts]], [[Pauline epistles]], and the [[Book of Revelation]] on 286 parchment leaves (size 11.7 cm by 9.4 cm), with only one [[Lacuna (manuscript)|lacunae]] (1 John 5:14- 2 John 5). Written in one column per page, in 23 lines per page. According to the colophon it was written in 1087.<sup>[1]</sup> Headpieces with geometric decorations. Initials in red. It contains prolegomena, tables of κεφαλαια, subscriptions, [[Stichometry|στιχοι]].<sup>[3]</sup> |
- | Ending of the [[Epistle to the Romans]] has the order of verses: 16:23; 16:25-27; 16:24 (as in codices [[Codex Porphyrianus|P]] [[Minuscule 33|33]] [[Minuscule 256|256]] [[Minuscule 263|263]] [[Minuscule 365|365]] [[Minuscule 436|436]] [[Minuscule 459|459]] 1319 1573 1852 arm).<sup>[ | + | Ending of the [[Epistle to the Romans]] has the order of verses: 16:23; 16:25-27; 16:24 (as in codices [[Codex Porphyrianus|P]] [[Minuscule 33|33]] [[Minuscule 256|256]] [[Minuscule 263|263]] [[Minuscule 365|365]] [[Minuscule 436|436]] [[Minuscule 459|459]] 1319 1573 1852 arm).<sup>[4]</sup> |
== Text == | == Text == | ||
- | The Greek text of the codex is a eclectic, in the Epistles it is a representative of the [[Alexandrian text-type]] and the [[Byzantine text-type|Byzantine]] elsewhere. [[Kurt Aland|Aland]] placed it in [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts#Category III|Category III]] in epistles, and in Category V in the Acts and Book of Revelation.<sup>[ | + | The Greek text of the codex is a eclectic, in the Epistles it is a representative of the [[Alexandrian text-type]] and the [[Byzantine text-type|Byzantine]] elsewhere. [[Kurt Aland|Aland]] placed it in [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts#Category III|Category III]] in epistles, and in Category V in the Acts and Book of Revelation.<sup>[5]</sup> |
- | In 1 John 5:6 it has textual variant δι' ὕδατος καὶ αἵματος καὶ πνεύματος (''through water and blood and spirit'') together with the manuscripts: [[Codex Sinaiticus]], [[Codex Alexandrinus]] [[Minuscule 424|424<sup>c</sup>]], [[Minuscule 614|614]], [[Minuscule 1739|1739<sup>c</sup>]], [[Minuscule 2412|2412]], [[Minuscule 2495|2495]], [[Lectionary 598|'''ℓ''' ''598''<sup>m</sup>]], syr<sup>h</sup>, [[Coptic versions of the Bible#Sahidic|cop<sup>sa</sup>]], [[Coptic versions of the Bible#Bohairic|cop<sup>bo</sup>]], [[Origen]].<sup>[ | + | In 1 John 5:6 it has textual variant δι' ὕδατος καὶ αἵματος καὶ πνεύματος (''through water and blood and spirit'') together with the manuscripts: [[Codex Sinaiticus]], [[Codex Alexandrinus]] [[Minuscule 424|424<sup>c</sup>]], [[Minuscule 614|614]], [[Minuscule 1739|1739<sup>c</sup>]], [[Minuscule 2412|2412]], [[Minuscule 2495|2495]], [[Lectionary 598|'''ℓ''' ''598''<sup>m</sup>]], syr<sup>h</sup>, [[Coptic versions of the Bible#Sahidic|cop<sup>sa</sup>]], [[Coptic versions of the Bible#Bohairic|cop<sup>bo</sup>]], [[Origen]].<sup>[6]</sup><sup>[7]</sup> [[Bart D. Ehrman]] identified this reading as Orthodox corrupt reading.<sup>[8]</sup> |
== History == | == History == | ||
- | The manuscript was written by scribe named Ioannes Tzoutzounas. It was held in Asia Minor.<sup>[ | + | The manuscript was written by scribe named Ioannes Tzoutzounas. It was held in Asia Minor.<sup>[9]</sup> The manuscript was purchased by [[John Covel]], chaplain of the Levant Company at Constantinople 1670-1676. |
- | It was examined by [[John Mill|Mill]], [[Johann Jakob Griesbach|Griesbach]], Bloomfield, and Scrivener.<sup>[ | + | It was examined by [[John Mill|Mill]], [[Johann Jakob Griesbach|Griesbach]], Bloomfield, and Scrivener.<sup>[3]</sup> |
- | It was cited in 27 edition of Nestle-Aland [[Novum Testamentum Graece]] only once (1 Cor 11:24).<sup>[ | + | It was cited in 27 edition of Nestle-Aland [[Novum Testamentum Graece]] only once (1 Cor 11:24).<sup>[10]</sup> |
- | It is currently housed at the [[British Library]] ([[Harleian Collection|Harley]] 5537), at [[London]].<sup>[ | + | It is currently housed at the [[British Library]] ([[Harleian Collection|Harley]] 5537), at [[London]].<sup>[1]</sup> |
== See also == | == See also == | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
- | * | + | * 1. [[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. 52. |
- | * | + | * 2. [[Caspar René Gregory|Gregory, Caspar René]] (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 265. |
- | * | + | * 3. [[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose]] (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 286. |
- | * | + | * 4. UBS3, p. 576. |
- | * | + | * 5. [[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. 129. |
- | * | + | * 6. UBS3, p. 823. |
- | * | + | * 7. For another variants of this verse see: Textual variants in the First Epistle of John. |
- | * | + | * 8. [[Bart Ehrman| Bart D. Ehrman]], The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture, Oxford University Press, Oxford 1993, p. 60. |
- | * | + | * 9. [[Frederic G. Kenyon|Frederic Kenyon]], "Handbook to the Textual Criticism of the New Testament", London2, 1912, p. 134. |
- | * | + | * 10. [[Kurt Aland]], "Synopsis Quattuor Evangeliorum. Locis parallelis evangeliorum apocryphorum et patrum adhibitis edidit", Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart 1996, p. XXVII. |
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== Further reading == | == Further reading == | ||
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* [http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=4916&CollID=8&NStart=5537 Harley 5537] at the ''British Library'' | * [http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=4916&CollID=8&NStart=5537 Harley 5537] at the ''British Library'' | ||
* [http://www.skypoint.com/members/waltzmn/Manuscripts1-500.html#m104 Minuscule 104] at the ''Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism'' | * [http://www.skypoint.com/members/waltzmn/Manuscripts1-500.html#m104 Minuscule 104] at the ''Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism'' | ||
- | + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuscule_104 Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 104] | |
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Minuscule 104 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 103 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it had been assigned to the 12th century.[1]
Formerly it was labelled by 25a, 31p, and 7r.[2][3]
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Description
The codex contains a complete text of the Acts, Pauline epistles, and the Book of Revelation on 286 parchment leaves (size 11.7 cm by 9.4 cm), with only one lacunae (1 John 5:14- 2 John 5). Written in one column per page, in 23 lines per page. According to the colophon it was written in 1087.[1] Headpieces with geometric decorations. Initials in red. It contains prolegomena, tables of κεφαλαια, subscriptions, στιχοι.[3]
Ending of the Epistle to the Romans has the order of verses: 16:23; 16:25-27; 16:24 (as in codices P 33 256 263 365 436 459 1319 1573 1852 arm).[4]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a eclectic, in the Epistles it is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type and the Byzantine elsewhere. Aland placed it in Category III in epistles, and in Category V in the Acts and Book of Revelation.[5]
In 1 John 5:6 it has textual variant δι' ὕδατος καὶ αἵματος καὶ πνεύματος (through water and blood and spirit) together with the manuscripts: Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Alexandrinus 424c, 614, 1739c, 2412, 2495, ℓ 598m, syrh, copsa, copbo, Origen.[6][7] Bart D. Ehrman identified this reading as Orthodox corrupt reading.[8]
History
The manuscript was written by scribe named Ioannes Tzoutzounas. It was held in Asia Minor.[9] The manuscript was purchased by John Covel, chaplain of the Levant Company at Constantinople 1670-1676.
It was examined by Mill, Griesbach, Bloomfield, and Scrivener.[3]
It was cited in 27 edition of Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece only once (1 Cor 11:24).[10]
It is currently housed at the British Library (Harley 5537), at London.[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. 52.
- 2. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 265.
- 3. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 286.
- 4. UBS3, p. 576.
- 5. 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. 129.
- 6. UBS3, p. 823.
- 7. For another variants of this verse see: Textual variants in the First Epistle of John.
- 8. Bart D. Ehrman, The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture, Oxford University Press, Oxford 1993, p. 60.
- 9. Frederic Kenyon, "Handbook to the Textual Criticism of the New Testament", London2, 1912, p. 134.
- 10. Kurt Aland, "Synopsis Quattuor Evangeliorum. Locis parallelis evangeliorum apocryphorum et patrum adhibitis edidit", Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart 1996, p. XXVII.
Further reading
- Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener, An Exact Transcript of the Codex Augiensis (Cambridge and London, 1859), pp. LXXVI-LXXVII. (as l)
- Henri Omont, Notes sur les manuscrits grecs du British Museum, Bibliothèque de l’École des Chartes, 45 (1884), 314-50 (p. 343).
External links
- Harley 5537 at the British Library
- Minuscule 104 at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism
- Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 104