Codex Mosquensis II
| New Testament manuscript | |
 Matthew 1:1-18 | |
| Name | Mosquensis II |
|---|---|
| Sign | V |
| Text | Gospels † |
| Date | 9th-century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Athos |
| Now at | State Historical Museum |
| Size | 15.7 cm by 11.5 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
| Hand | diligent |
Codex Mosquensis II designated by V or 031 (in the
Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 220 parchment leaves (15.7 cm by 11.5 cm), with some lacunae (Matthew 5:44-6:12, 9:18-10:1, 22:44-23:35, John 21:10-fin.). The leaves are arranged in octavo.[2]
The text of the manuscript is written in one column per page, 28 lines per page,[1] in small and fine uncial letters,[2] in a kind of stichometry. It contains accents, but punctuation is rare.
The codex is written in uncial letters to John 8:39, where it breaks off, and from that point the text is continued in a minuscule hand from the 13th century.[3]
It contains Epistula ad Carpianum, the Eusebian tables, the tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) are placed before Gospels, but there are no divisions of the text according to the κεφαλαια (chapters). The text is divided only according to the Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons; it has lectionary markings.[2] According to Christian Frederick Matthaei it is written in a kind of stichometry by a diligent scribe.[4]
The manuscript contains a portion from Chronology of Hippolitus from Theben.[2]
John 8:39-21:10
The text of the
The text is divided according to the
The minuscule text was designated by Griesbach as 87, by Scholz as 250.
Text
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[1] It is a member of the textual family Family E.[6] It has some textual resemblance to Codex Campianus.[4]
It lacks the text of Matthew 16:2b–3 (the Signs of the Times).[7]
History and present Location
Formerly the manuscript was held at the monastery
It was collated by Matthaei in 1779 and in 1783. In 1783 the manuscript lacked only the texts Matthew 22:44-23:35, John 21:10-fin.[2] It was one of the best manuscripts of Matthaei.[4] Constantin von Tischendorf used the work of Matthaei in his Novum Testamentum. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1868.[2] The manuscript was examined by Kurt Treu.[9]
In 1908
The codex is located now in the State Historical Museum (V. 9).[1][10]
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments [Textual criticism of the New Testament] (in German). Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung. p. 76. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
- Bruce M. Metzger, Bart D. Ehrman, The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration, Oxford University Press(Oxford, 2005), p. 80.
- ^ 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. 150.
- ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 172.
- ^ F. Wisse, Family E and the Profile Method, Biblica 51, (1970), pp. 67-75.
- ^ UBS3, p. 61.
- ^ 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. 224.
- ^ Kurt Treu Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments in der UdSSR; eine systematische Auswertung des Texthandschriften in Leningrad, Moskau, Kiev, Odessa, Tbiblisi und Erevan, Texte und Untersuchungen 91 (Berlin, 1966), pp. 235-238
- ^ "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
Further reading
- C. F. Matthaei, Novum Testamentum Graece et Latine, Riga, 1782–1788, IX, pp. 265 ff (as V)