Minuscule 177

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Minuscule 177 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 106 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 11th century.^[1] Formerly it was labelled by 179^a, 128^p, and 82^r.

Contents 1 Description 2 Text 3 History 4 See also 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External links

Description

The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Pauline epistles, and Book of Revelation on 225 parchment leaves (size 26.5 cm by 21 cm).^[1] Written in one column per page, in 25 lines per page.^[1] It contains prolegomena, fragments of Eusebian tables, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, στιχοι, and marginal notes to the Pauline epistles.^[2]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.^[4] The text is very close to the Textus Receptus.^[3]

History

The manuscript once belonged to Zomozerab, the Bohemian. The portion of the manuscript which contains the text of the Apocalypse was collated by F. Delitzsch.^[3]

It is currently housed at the Bavarian State Library (Gr. 211), at Munich.^[1]

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism

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. 57.
• 2. C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, pp. 279.
• 3. ^ Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose

(1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1. London. p. 297. 

• 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.

Further reading

• F. Delitzsch, Handschriftliche Funde 2 (Leipzig, 1862), pp. 45-48.

External links

• Minuscule 177 at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism
• Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 157