Minuscule 74
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Minuscule 74 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 321 (von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. It was written in 1291 or 1292.[1]
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Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels with some lacunae (Matthew 1:1-14; 5:29-6:1). Written in one column per page, 26-27 lines per page on 204 leaves (size 20.1 cm by 14.8 cm).[2] It contains Epistle to Carpianum, Eusebian tables, tables of κεφαλαια, prolegomena synaxaria, Menologion, τιτλοι, κεφαλαια, the Ammonian Sections, the Eusebian Canons, lectionary markings, incipits, subscriptions, and pictures.[3][4]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[5]
History
It was written in 1291 or 1992 by scribe Theodore in village Hagiou Petrou in Arcadia. Theodore wrote minuscule 234 in 1278, 856 in 1280, 484 in 1292, 483 in 1295, 412 in 1301.[6]
It came in 1727 from the monastery of Pantokrator on Athos peninsula to England.[7] It was examined by John Walker. It once belonged to an Archbishop William Wake's together with codex 73.[7]
Possibly it was recopied by minuscule 90 (Gregory).
It is currently housed in at the Christ Church College (Wake 20), at Oxford.[8]
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. 51.
- ^ a b F. H. A. Scrivener, "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament" (London 1861), p. 152.
- ^ a b c C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 146.
- ^ 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.
Further reading
- C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 146.
