Minuscule 178
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Name | Angelicus gr. 123 |
|---|---|
| Text | Gospels |
| Date | 12th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Biblioteca Angelica |
| Size | 37.9 cm by 29.7 cm |
| Type | Byzantine/mixed |
| Category | none |
| Note | marginalia |
Minuscule 178 (in the
Description
The codex contains an almost complete text of the four Gospels on 272 thick parchment leaves (size 37.9 cm by 29.7 cm),[2] with only one small lacuna (John 21:17-25).[3][4] The leaves are arranged in quarto.[3] The text is written in two columns per page, in 23 lines per page,[2] in dark-brown ink, capital letters in gold.[4]
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their τιτλοι (titles of chapters) with a harmony at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the
It contains the Eusebian Canon tables at the beginning, lists of the κεφαλαια (lists of contents) before each of the Gospels.[3][4]
The headings of the Gospels as in minuscule 69 – εκ του κατα Μαρκον.[4][n 1]
On the first leaf it has the same subscription as codex 87.[3]
Text
Kurt Aland did not place the Greek text of the codex in any Category.[5]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual family Πa in Luke 1 and Luke 10. In Luke 20 it represents Kx.[6]
The text of the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11) is marked by an obelus.
History
Formerly the manuscript was held in της μονης του προδρομου της κοιμενης εγγιστα της Αετιου αρχαικη δε τη μονη κησις πετρα in
The manuscript came from Constantinople. According to the subscription "prope Cisternam Aeti".[4]
It was examined by
It is currently housed at the Biblioteca Angelica (gr. 123), at Rome.[2]
See also
- List of New Testament minuscules
- Biblical manuscript
- Textual criticism
Notes
- ^ In this way also are titled the headings of the Gospels in minuscule 543 and 668.
References
- ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 54.
- ^ Walter de Gruyter. p. 57.
- ^ a b c d 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. 216.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 163.
- ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
- ^ A. Birch, Variae Lectiones ad Textum IV Evangeliorum, Haunie 1801, pp. LV-LVI.
Further reading
- Georgius Codinus, De antiquitatibus, Bonn 1843.
External links
- Angelicus gr. 123 Nuova Biblioteca Manoscritta