Minuscule 1143

Minuscule 1143
New Testament manuscripts
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Minuscule 1143
Codex Beratinus.JPG
Text Gospels
Date 9th century
Script Greek
Found Berat
Now at National Archives of Albania
Size 24 x 19 cm
Type Byzantine text-type
Category none

Minuscule 1143 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1035 (von Soden), also known as the Beratinus 2, or Codex Aureus Anthimi. It is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on purple parchment, dated paleographically to the 9th century.[1] This is one of the seven “purple codices” in the world to have survived to the present day, and one of the two known purple minuscules (Minuscule 565 is the other) written with a gold ink.[2]

Contents

Description

The codex contains the complete text of the four Gospels, on 420 purple parchment leaves (24 by 19 cm). The text is written in one column per page, 17 lines per page, in gold. It is written in early minuscule, but some parts of the codex in semi-uncial, and titles in uncial letters. The codex contains simple miniatures, mainly geometrical figures, without any direct Christian symbols. There are also ornaments on the metal cover.[2]

The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numerals are given at the margin. There is also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons.[2]

It contains tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel.[2]

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Kurt Aland did not place it in any Category.[3] It was not examined by using the Claremont Profile Method.[4]

In terms of style and age, it is comparable to the Empress Theodora's Codex.

History

The origin of this manuscript has been and remains the subject of debates. It was found in a church of Berat, and became known after publication written by bishop of Berat “Description abrégée et historique de la sainte métropole de Belgrade, aujourd’hui Berat” (Corfu, 1868). It was examined by Pierre Batiffol.[5]

Formerly the codex was located in a church in Berat, since 1971 it is housed in the National Archives of Albania (No. 2) at Tirana.[1][6] Codex Beratinus 2 now is registered with the UNESCO as a world treasure.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 108.
  2. ^ a b c d Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 243. http://www.archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n255/mode/2up. 
  3. ^ Aland, Kurt; Barbara Aland; Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1. http://books.google.com/books?id=2pYDsAhUOxAC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false. 
  4. ^ Wisse, Frederik (1982). The profile method for the classification and evaluation of manuscript evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 71. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4. 
  5. ^ Pierre Batiffol, Les manuscrits grecs de Berat d'Albanie et le Codex Purpureus, Paris 1886.
  6. ^ "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php. Retrieved 16 November 2010. 

Further reading

  • Pierre Batiffol, Les manuscrits grecs de Berat d'Albanie et le Codex Purpureus, Paris 1886.
  • Les Codex – Trésors de la Culture Albanaise, edit. Direction Général des Archives, 1999.
  • Sinani, Shaban: The codices of Albania (ed.), Albanian National Archives, Tirana 2003.

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