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New Testament manuscripts
papyri • uncials • minuscules • lectionariesMinuscule 2793 
Page with text of Matthew 22:7-14Text Gospel of Matthew 22:7-22 Date 13th/ 14th century Script Greek Now at Bible Museum Size 13.9 cm by 10.3 cm Category none Hand small well-formed hand Minuscule 2793 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on 1 parchment leaf (13.9 cm by 10.3 cm). Dated paleografically to the 13th century (or 14th century). Only one leaf has survived.[1]
Contents
Description
The codex contains only a fragment text of the Gospel of Matthew 22:7-22. The text is written in one column per page, in 20 lines per page.[1] It has breathings and accents. It is written by small well-formed Greek hand. The margins are wide.[2]
Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex did not place in any Category.[3]
This leaf is one of very few authentic pieces which were bought by Thomas Phillipps from Constantine Simonides (in 1853/1854).
The codex is now housed at Bible Museum (Ms. 11) in Münster.[1]
See also
- List of New Testament minuscules (2001–)
- Textual criticism
References
- ^ 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. 210.
- ^ Munby, Phillipps Studies, Vol. IV, Chapter 6
- ^ 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. pp. 138, 140. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
Further reading
- Munby, Phillipps Studies, Vol. IV, Chapter 6
External links
Categories:- Greek New Testament minuscules
- 13th-century biblical manuscripts
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