- Minuscule 770 (Gregory-Aland)
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New Testament manuscripts
papyri • uncials • minuscules • lectionariesMinuscule 770 Text Gospel of Matthew †, Gospel of John Date 12th century Script Greek Now at National Library of Greece Size 26.5 cm by 21 cm Type Byzantine text-type Category V Note commentary Minuscule 770 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), A148 (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 862e.[5] The manuscript has not complete context.
Contents
Description
The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Matthew and Gospel of John, on 270 parchment leaves (size 26.5 cm by 21 cm), with lacunae.[3] It lacks the text of Matthew 1:1-5:46.[6] The text is written in one column per page, 24-26 lines per page.[3]
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 a commentary.[6] The text of the Gospels and of commentary were corrected by a later hand.[1]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[7]
The lacks the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11).[6]
History
Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 11th 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 noticed in catalogue from 1876.[8]
It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (862)[5] and Gregory (770). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[6]
The manuscript is now housed at the National Library of Greece (203) in Athens.[3][4]
See also
- List of New Testament minuscules
- Biblical manuscript
- Textual criticism
- Minuscule 769 (Gregory-Aland)
References
- ^ a b Hermann von Soden, Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte (Berlin 1902), vol. 1, p. 253
- ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 75. http://www.archive.org/stream/diegriechischen00greggoog#page/n85/mode/2up.
- ^ a b c d Aland, K.; 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 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. 275.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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