Minuscule 63
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Minuscule 63 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 118 (von Soden), formerly known as Ussher 1, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 10th century.[1]
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Description
The codex contains almost complete text of the four Gospels on 237 parchment leaves (size 31.8 cm by 24 cm) with only one small lacunae.[1] Written in one column per page, 18-24 lines per page. Initial letters written in red. It contains commentaries written in 48-52 lines per page.[2] It contains Prolegomena, Ammonian Sections, Eusebian Canons, Synaxarion, subscriptions and pictures.[2]
The last leaf, containing John 21:25, is lost.[3] The pericope John 7:53-8:11 is omitted.[2][4]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[5]
History
The manuscript once belonged to Ussher (as codex 61).[3]
A few extracts were contributed by Henry Dodwell, just like 64, to Bishop Fell's New Testament of 1675.[3] It was examined by Mill and Dobbin.[3]
It is currently housed at the Trinity College (Ms. 31), at Dublin.[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. 50.
- 2. C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 143.
- 3. F. H. A. Scrivener, "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament" (London 1894), vol. 1, p. 200-201.
- 4. Kurt Aland, "Synopsis Quattuor Evangeliorum. Locis parallelis evangeliorum apocryphorum et patrum adhibitis edidit", Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart 1996, p. XXVII.
- 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. 138.
