- Minuscule 768 (Gregory-Aland)
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New Testament manuscripts
papyri • uncials • minuscules • lectionariesMinuscule 768 Text Gospels † Date 12th century Script Greek Now at National Library of Greece Size 16 cm by 13 cm Type Byzantine text-type Category V Note — Minuscule 768 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε480 (von Soden),[1][2] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century. The manuscript has no complex contents.[3][4] Scrivener labelled it as 859e.[5]
Contents
Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 222 parchment leaves (size 16 cm by 13 cm), with one lacuna.[3] The text is written in one column per page, 16-24 lines per page.[3] It lacks text of Matthew 1:1-9:15. The text of Matthew 3:6-9:15 was supplied by the 15th century hand, the text of Matthew 1:1-2:25 by the 16th century hand on paper.[6]
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, with their τιτλοι (titles) at the top of the pages.[6]
It contains tables of the κεφαλαια before each Gospel. Lectionary markings, incipits, αναγνωσεις (lessons), subscriptions, and στιχοι were added by a later hand.[5][6]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kx.[7] Aland placed it in Category V.[8]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family Kx in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made.[7]
It lacks the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11).[6]
History
Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 14th century;[5] Gregory dated the manuscript to the 12th century.[6] The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 12th century.[4]
The manuscript was the first time noticed in catalogue from 1876.[9]
It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (859)[5] and Gregory (768). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[6]
The manuscript is now housed at the National Library of Greece (161) in Athens.[3][4]
See also
- List of New Testament minuscules
- Biblical manuscript
- Textual criticism
- Minuscule 766 (Gregory-Aland)
References
- ^ Hermann von Soden, Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte (Berlin 1902), vol. 1, p. 197.
- ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 74. http://www.archive.org/stream/diegriechischen00greggoog#page/n85/mode/2up.
- ^ a b c d Aland, Kurt; M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 92. ISBN 3110119862.
- ^ a b c Handschriftenliste at the Münster Institute
- ^ a b c d Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 274.
- ^ a b c d e f Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 220. http://www.archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n233/mode/2up.
- ^ a b 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. 65. 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. pp. 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 219. http://www.archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n231/mode/2up.
Further reading
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. 1. Leipzig. p. 220. http://www.archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n233/mode/2up.
External links
Categories:- Greek New Testament minuscules
- 12th-century biblical manuscripts
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