Minuscule 248
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Minuscule 248 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 395 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Dated by a colophon to the year 1275.[1]
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Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 261 parchment leaves (size 15.5 cm by 12 cm).[1] Written in one column per page, 26 lines per page.[1] It contains tables of κεφαλαια (on paper), Eusebian Canons, and lectionary markings.[2] The Synaxarion was 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 is close to the codex 71.[3]
History
The manuscript was written by Meletius a Beroean for Cyrus Alypius, οικονομος of St. George's monastery. in the reign of Michael Palaeologus (1259-1282).[2]
Formerly the manuscript was held at the Philotheus monastery at Athos peninsula. It was brought to Moscow, by the monk Arsenius, on the suggestion of the Patriarch Nikon, in the reign of Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov (1645-1676).[5] The manuscript was collated by C. F. Matthaei.[3]
The manuscript is currently housed at the State Historical Museum (V. 18, S. 277) at Moscow.[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. 61.
- 2. F. H. A. Scrivener, A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament (London 18941), Vol. 1, p. 224.
- 3. C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 172.
- 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. H. A. Scrivener, "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament" (London 1894), Vol. 1, p. 223.
Further reading
- C. F. Matthaei, Novum Testamentum Graece et Latine, (Riga, 1782-1788). (as r)
- Kurt Treu, Die Griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments in der UdSSR; eine systematische Auswertung des Texthandschriften in Leningrad, Moskau, Kiev, Odessa, Tbilisi und Erevan, T & U 90 (Berlin, 1966), pp. 246-249.
