Minuscule 98
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Minuscule 98 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 266 (von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 11th century.[1]
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Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 222 leaves (size 21.5 cm by 16 cm). Written stichometrically in one column per page, 25 lines per page.[1] It contains pictures, lists of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, the Ammonian Sections, lectionary markings, subscriptions, and στιχοι.[2] The Eusebian Canons absent.[3]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[4]
History
The manuscript was brought by Edward Daniel Clarke (1769-1822) from the East to England. It was collated in a few places for Scholz.[3]
It is currently housed at the Bodleian Library (E. D. Clarke 5), at Oxford.[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. 49.
- 2. C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 151.
- 3. F. H. A. Scrivener, "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament" (London 1894), vol. p. 207.
- 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.
