Minuscule 23
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Minuscule 23 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1183 (von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, written on vellum. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.[1]
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Description
The codex contains a text of the four Gospels with some lacunae (Matt. 1:1-5.7-16; Luke 24:42-John 2:20; John 21:24.25), on 230 parchment leaves (23 cm by 18.4 cm). Written in one column per page, 22 lines per page.[2] It contains lists of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, Ammonian Sections, and lectionary markings. It has the Latin Vulgate version down to Luke 4:18.[3] John 21:25 is omitted.[2]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[4]
History
The manuscript probably was written in Italy.[2]
It was partially examined and collated by Griesbach and Scholz (only 186 verses).[3]
It is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 77) at Paris.[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. 48.
- 2. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 134.
- 3. F. H. A. Scrivener, A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament (George Bell & Sons: London 1894), vol. 1, p. 194.
- 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.
