Minuscule 128
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Minuscule 128 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 304 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 13th century.[1]
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Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 370 parchment leaves (size 32.2 cm by 24.4 cm).[1] Written in one column per page, 18 lines per page.[1] Parchment is white, ink is brown, capital letters in red.[2] It contains prolegomena, tables of κκεφαλαια with harmony, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, subscriptions, and number of στιχοι.[3]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland place it in Category V.[4] It belongs to the textual family Kr.[5]
History
It is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Vat. gr. 356), at Rome.[1]
It was examined by Birch.[2]
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. 54.
- 2. C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 156.
- 3. F. H. A. Scrivener, "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament" (London 1861), vol. 1, p. 212.
- 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.
