Minuscule 157
| New Testament manuscript | |
.JPG) facsimile | |
| Name | Urbino-Vaticanus Gr. 2 |
|---|---|
| Text | Gospels |
| Date | 1122 |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Vatican Library |
| Size | 18.6 cm by 13.6 cm |
| Type | mixed |
| Category | III |
| Hand | beautifully written |
| Note | full marginalia |
Minuscule 157 (in the
Description
The manuscript is a codex (forerunner to the modern book), containing the complete text of the four Gospels on 325 parchment leaves (sized 18.6 cm by 13.6 cm).[2] The text is written in one column per page, with 22 lines per page.[2]
The text is divided according to the chapters (known as κεφαλαια / kephalaia), whose tables of contents are given before each Gospel (also known as κεφαλαια / kephalaia), chapter numbers in the margin of the pages, and their titles (known as τιτλοι / titloi) at the top of the pages. There is no division according to the Eusebian Canons (an early system of dividing the four Gospels into different sections), though the Eusebian Canon tables are placed at the beginning.[3] Corrections in the manuscript can be mostly ascribed to the original copyist, who upon noticing a mistake whitened it out with paint, and then continued on with their copying of the right letter or word.[4]: 79 Any remaining glaring errors are likely a reflection of the manuscript being copied from (known as the exemplar).[4]: 79
It contains the
It has the famous Jerusalem Colophon ("copied and corrected from the ancient manuscripts of Jerusalem preserved on the Holy Mountain"), at the end of each Gospel. According to biblical scholar Frederick H. A. Scrivener, it is very beautifully written.[5] This sentiment is echoed by Biblical Scholar Herman C. Hoskier, who describes it as a "most beautiful manuscript" and which was "prepared with the utmost care".[4]
| Gospel | Greek | English |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew |
ἐυαγγέλιον κατα Ματθαῖον ἐγράφη καἰ ἀντεβλήθη ἐκ τῶν ἐν Ἱεροσολυμοις παλαιῶν ἀντιγράφων τῶν ἐν τῷ ἁγιῳ ὄρει ἀποκειμενων; ἐν στίχοις ,ΒΥΠΔ κεφαλαίοις τριακοσίοις πεντηκοντα ἑπτα: |
Gospel according to Matthew. Copied and corrected from the ancient manuscripts in Jerusalem preserved on the Holy Mountain. 2484 lines. Three hundred and fifty seven chapters. |
| Mark |
ἐυαγγέλιον κατὰ Μάρκον. ἐγράφη καἰ ἀντεβλήθη ὁμοίως ἐκ τῶν ἐσπουδασμένων; ἐν στίχοις χιλίοις πεντακοσίοις, πεντήκοντα. Κεφαλαίοις ΣΛΔ: |
Gospel according to Mark. Copied and corrected likewise from the best ones. One thousand five hundred and fifty lines. 234 chapters. |
| Luke |
ἐυαγγέλιον κατα Λουκᾶν. ἐγράφη καἰ ἀντεβλήθη ὁμοίως ἐκ τῶν αὐτῶν ἀντιγράφων. ἐν στίχοις ,ΒΨΞ. κεφαλαίοις ΤΜΒ + + + |
Gospel according to Luke. Copied and corrected likewise from the same manuscripts. 2760 lines. 342 chapters. |
| John |
ἐυαγγέλιον κατὰ Ἱωάννην. ἐγράφη καἰ ἀντεβλήθη ὁμοίως ἐκ τῶν αὐτῶν ἀντιγράφων. ἐν στίχοις ,ΑϠΛ. κεφαλαίοις ΣΛΒ: |
Gospel according to Matthew. Copied and corrected from the ancient copies in Jerusalem preserved on the Holy Mountain. 1930 lines. 232 chapters. |
Text
Although the manuscript was made for the Byzantine Emperor, its text is not considered to be the standard
Textual critic Hermann von Soden lists it among the group Is (along with codices 235, 245, 291, 713, and 1012). Textual critic Kurt Aland placed it in Category III of his New Testament manuscript classification system.[8] Category III manuscripts are described as having "a small but not a negligible proportion of early readings, with a considerable encroachment of [Byzantine] readings, and significant readings from other sources as yet unidentified."[8]: 335
According to the Claremont Profile Method (a specific analysis method of textual data), it represents Kx in Luke 1; in Luke 10 it is mixed with some relationship to the Alexandrian text; in Luke 20 it has the Alexandrian text.[9]
In Matthew 6:13 it has an unusual ending to the Lord's Prayer:
ὅτι σοῦ ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία καὶ ἡ δύναμις καὶ ἡ δόξα, τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. ἀμήν (For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit for ever. Amen.)
This ending is only found in two other manuscripts: Minuscule 225 and 418.
In Matthew 13:15 it reads: Ἰωσῆ (Joses); the reading is supported by the manuscripts 118 700* 1071 syrh bomss.
It does not include the text of Matthew 16:2b–3[10] or of the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11).[10]: 347
History
It was written in 1122 for the Byzantine Emperor John Porphyrogenitus (1118-1143). The manuscript belonged to the Ducal Library at Urbino, and was brought to Rome by Pope Clement VII (1523-1534).[5]
In 1788 scholar
It is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Urbinas gr. 2), in Rome.[2]
See also
- List of New Testament minuscules
- Biblical manuscript
- Textual criticism
References
- ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs. p. 53.
- ^ Walter de Gruyter. p. 56.
- ^ a b c Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 160.
- ^ a b c d Hoskier, Herman Charles (1912). "Evan. 157 (Rome. Vat. Urb. 2). I". The Journal of Theological Studies. 14 (53). Oxford University Press: 78. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ 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. 214.
- ISBN 0-19-516667-1.
- Walter de Gruyter. p. 31.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
- ^ ISBN 9783438051103. (UBS3)
Further reading
- Hoskier, Herman C. (1913). "Evan. 157 (Rome. Vat. Urb. 2). II". The Journal of Theological Studies. 14 (54). Oxford University Press: 242–293. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
- Hoskier, Herman C. (1913). "Evan. 157 (Rome. Vat. Urb. 2). III". The Journal of Theological Studies. 14 (55). Oxford University Press: 359–384. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
- B. H. Streeter, "Codices 157, 1071 and the Caesarean Text", in Lake F/S (London, 1937), pp. 149–150.
- Thompson, Edward Maunde (1912). An Introduction to Greek and Latin Palaeography. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 246, 248 (plate 68).
External links
- Minuscule 157 at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism
- Online images of minuscule 157 (CSNTM.
- Online photographic images of minuscule 157 at the Vatican Digital Library.