Minuscule 66
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Minuscule 66 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 519 (von Soden), known as Codex Galei Londinensis, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper leaves. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 14th century.[1]
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Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 298 leaves (size 21.4 cm by 14.6 cm). Written in one column per page, 21 lines per page.[1][5] It contains Epistle to Carpian, lists of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, Αmmonian Sections, synaxaria, Menologion, pictures, lectionary markings, αναγνωσεις, and στιχοι, 5 leaves with the Eusebian tables were lost. Some scholia in the margin were added by a later hand.[3]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[4] It belongs to the textual family Kr.[5]
History
The manuscript once was in possession of Thomas Gale (1636-1702), hence name of the codex.[2] It was examined by Mill, Scrivener, and Gregory. Scrivener collated it 1862.[3]
It is currently housed at the Trinity College (O. VIII. 3), at Cambridge.[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. 144.
- 3. F. H. A. Scrivener, "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the *New Testament" (London 1894), vol. 1, p. 202.
- 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.
- 5. F. Wisse, The profile method for the classification and evaluation of manuscript evidence, William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1982, p. 92.
Further reading
- F. H. A. Scrivener, "Adversaria critica sacra" (Cambridge, 1893).
