Minuscule 166
New Testament manuscript | |
Text | Luke, John † |
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Date | 11th/12th century |
Script | Greek |
Now at | Vatican Library |
Size | 21.2 cm by 16.5 cm |
Category | none |
Note | marginalia |
Minuscule 166 (in the
Description
The codex contains only the text Gospel of Luke 9:33-24:24 and Gospel of John 1:23-21:25 on 75 thick parchment leaves (size 21.2 by 16.5 cm).[2] The text is written in one column per page, in 27 lines per page (size of text 14.1 by 10.5 cm), in black ink, capital letters in red.[3]
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and the τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the
It contains lectionary markings at the margin for liturgical reading.[3]
Text
Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex did not place in any Category.[5]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the textual group Λ in Luke 10 and Luke 20 as a core member. In Luke 1 the manuscript is defective.[6]
The texts of
History
The subscription states that the manuscript was written by Leo, a priest and calligrapher, in October 1193.[4]
It was examined by
It is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Barb. gr. 412), at 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'sche Buchhandlung. p. 54.
- ^ Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 56.
- ^ a b c d e Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 161.
- ^ a b 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. 215.
- ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
Further reading
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 161.