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New Testament manuscripts
papyri • uncials • minuscules • lectionariesMinuscule 16 Text Gospels Date 14th cemtury Script Greek-Latin diglot Now at National Library of France Size 31.6 cm by 25.2 cm Type mixed/Byzantine Category none Note group 16
marginaliaMinuscule 16 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 449 (Soden).[1] It is a diglot Greek-Latin minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on 361 parchment leaves (31.6 cm by 25.2 cm), dated palaeographically to the 14th century.[2] It has full marginalia and was prepared for liturgical use.
Contents
Description
The codex contains almost complete text of the four Gospels with lacunae (Mark 16:14-20). The text is written in two columns per page, 26 lines per page.[2]
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, with the τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections, (no references to the Eusebian Canons).[3]
It contains the Eusebian Canon tables (Latin) at the beginning, tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), and subscriptions at the end of each Gospel.[4]
The text of the codex is written in four colours. "The general run of the narrative is in vermilion; the words of Jesus, the genealogy of Jesus, and the words of angels are in crimson; the words quoted from the Old Testament as well as those of the disciples, Zachariah, Elizabeth, Mary, Simeon, and John the Baptist are in blue; and the words of Pharisees, the centurion, Juda Iscariot, and the devil are in black."[5] It contains only one picture.
In the Greek text Mark 16:14-20 and in the Latin text Mark 9:18-16:20 were lost. Latin texts Mark 9:18-11:13, Luke 5:21-44; John 1:1-12:17 were added by a later hand.[3]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is mixed but the Byzantine text-type is predominate. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Iβb, it means it has some the Caesarean readings.[6] Aland did not place it in any Category.[7]
Textually it is close to the manuscripts 119, 217, 330, 491, 578, 693, 1528, and 1588. They create textual Group 16 with following profile:
- Luke 1: 8, (9), 13, 23, 28, 34, 37, 43.
- Luke 10: 3, 7, 15, 19, 23, (25), 58, 63.
- Luke 20: 4, 13, 19, 50, 51, 54, 55, 62, 65.[6] Codex 16 forms a pair with codex 1588 which adds reading 3 and lacks 9 in Luke 1, and lacks 19 and adds 64 in Luke 10.[6]
The Latin text in Matt. 7:13 has textual variant: "lata via et spaciosa est lila quae"; in Mt 13:3 "Ecce qai exiit Seminare Semen suum, et dum seminat quaedam cecid."[3]
History
Formerly the codex was in the hands of Catherine de' Medici. It was examined by Wettstein, Scholz, and Paulin Martin.[8] C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1884.[3]
It is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 54) at Paris.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 48. http://www.archive.org/stream/diegriechischen00greggoog#page/n59/mode/2up.
- ^ a b c K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 47.
- ^ a b c d Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung. p. 132. http://www.archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n145/mode/2up.
- ^ Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 193.
- ^ Bruce M. Metzger, Bart D. Ehrman, The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration, (Oxford University Press, 2005), p. 92.
- ^ a b c 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. 53, 107. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
- ^ 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. 129, 138. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ^ Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au Nouveau Testament, conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 29
External links
- Minuscule 16 at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism
Categories:- Greek New Testament minuscules
- 14th-century biblical manuscripts
- Vulgate manuscripts
- Bibliothèque nationale de France collections
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