Minuscule 1424
New Testament manuscript | |
Text | New Testament |
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Date | 9/10th century |
Script | Greek |
Found | 1912-1913, in Ikosifinissa |
Now at | Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago |
Cite | Kenneth W. Clark, "A Descriptive Catalogue of Greek New Testament Manuscripts in North America". Chicago 1937, pp. 90-106. |
Size | 28 by 18 cm |
Type | Caesarean, Byzantine |
Category | III, V |
Note | belongs to the Family 1424 |
Minuscule 1424 (in the
Description
The manuscript is a codex (precursor to the modern book), containing the entire New Testament with only one gap (this being Matthew 1:23-2:16) on 337 parchment leaves (sized 28 by 18 cm). The books follow in this order: Gospels, Acts, Catholic epistles, Revelation of John, Pauline epistles. The text is written in one column per page, 29-33 lines per page.[2][4]
The tables of contents (known as κεφαλαια / kephalaia) are placed before each book, with the Eusebian Canon tables, numbers of the chapters (also known as κεφαλαια) in the margin, and their titles (known as τιτλοι / titloi) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections, with a references to the Eusebian Canons (an early division of the gospel books into sections), and the Euthalian Apparatus.[5] The Eusebian Canons are present but likely added by a different, probably later, hand.[5]
The manuscript is known as a catena manuscript,[1][3][5] where the main text of the New Testament is written with a commentary from one or more of the early church fathers inscribed around or between the main text. The manuscript marginal comments are from the early church father John Chrysostom, however these are only present in the Gospels, Acts and the Epistles, with the book of Revelation lacking any commentary.[1][5]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is considered a representative of the
The manuscript belongs to Family 1424 together with
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual cluster 1675 in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20, as a diverging member.[8]
- Textual variants
- Matthew 11:2
- John 12:5
History
Currently it is dated by the
The codex was written by a monk named Sabas. It was formerly held in the monastery Ikosifinissa in Drama.Greece).[5] The codex was taken after the Balkan Wars of 1912-1913 from Ikosifinissa to western Europe.[11] It was brought by Franklin Gruber to Chicago.[6] Biblical scholar Kirsopp Lake photographed the codex in 1902.[5]
Until 2016 the codex was located in the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, as a part of the Gruber Collection (Gruber Ms. 152).[7][4] In 2016, the LSTC decided to return and reinstate it at the monastery from which it originally came.[12]
See also
- List of New Testament minuscules (1001-2000)
- Family 1424
- Textual criticism
- Biblical manuscript
References
- ^ a b c von Soden, Hermann (1902). Die Schriften des Neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte. Vol. 1. Berlin: Verlag von Alexander Duncker. p. 104.
- ^ Walter de Gruyter. p. 130.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4964-8592-2.
- ^ a b c "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f Gregory, Caspar René (1909). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 3. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs. p. 1145.
- ^ ISBN 0-19-516667-1.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
- ^ NA26, p. 27
- ^ NA27, p. 290.
- 1423, 1780.
- ^ Hyde Park seminary to return 9th century New Testament to Greek Orthodox Church, Chicago Tribune, November 15, 2016
Further reading
- Burnett H. Streeter, "The Four Gospels" (London, 1924), p. 84.
- Kenneth W. Clark, "A Descriptive Catalogue of Greek New Testament Manuscripts in North America". Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1937, pp. 104–106.
External links
- Manuscript GA 1424 at the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts.
- Minuscule 1424 at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism