Minuscule 205
| New Testament manuscript | |
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| Text | New Testament, Old Testament |
|---|---|
| Date | 15th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Biblioteca Marciana |
| Size | 39.8 cm by 28 cm |
| Type | Caesarean, Byzantine |
| Category | III, V |
| Note | member of f1 |
Minuscule 205 (in the
Description
The codex contains the text of the New Testament on 441 parchment leaves (size 39.8 cm by 28 cm).[2] The order of the books: Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles, and Apocalypse. It is written in one column per page, in 55-56 lines per page.[3]
It contains Prolegomena to Catholic and Pauline epistles, lists of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each book, numbers of the κεφαλαια (chapters) are given at the margin in Greek and Latin, the τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages, and subscriptions at the end of each book.[3] Text of Mark 16:9-20 is marked by an obelus.
It contains also the Old Testament (except Book of Daniel).[4]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Caesarean text-type in the Gospels and the Byzantine text-type in rest of books of the codex. Aland placed it in Category III in Gospels and Revelation, and in Category V in rest of books.[5]
It is a member of the Family 1 in the Gospels. It creates a pair with 209.[6]
History
It was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Griesbach.[7]
It was examined by
It is currently housed at the Biblioteca Marciana (Gr. Z 5), at Venice,[2] together with the 205abs, which was thought to be a copy of 205.[4] However, more recently Welsby has demonstrated that 205 is in fact the copy and 205abs the original. 205abs is now known as minuscule 2886 in the Gregory-Aland classification.[10]
See also
- List of New Testament minuscules
- Septuagint manuscripts
- Biblical manuscript
- Textual criticism
References
- ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 55.
- ^ Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 59.
- ^ a b c d e Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 167.
- ^ a b Amy S. Anderson, The Textual tradition of the Gospels: Family 1 in Matthew, Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2004, p. 115.
- ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
- ^ J.J. Griesbach: Novum Testamentum Graecum. Londini: Impensis J. Mackinlay, et Cuthell et Martin Publisher, 1809.
- ^ G. F. Rinck, Lucubratio Critica in Act. Apost. Epp. Cath. et Pauli (Basileae, 1830).
- ^ 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. 219.
- ^ Welsby, A Textual Study of Family 1 in the Gospel of John, Berlin; Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2014.
Further reading
- G. F. Rinck, Lucubratio critica in Acta Apostolorum, Epistolas catholicas et Paulinas, Sumtu Fel. Schneideri: Basilae 1830.
- Kirsopp Lake, Codex 1 of the Gospels and its Allies, Texts and Studies, VII 3 (Cambridge, 1902).
External links
- Minuscule 205 at the INTF
- Minuscule 205. Entry in the Manuscript Database of the Göttinger Septuaginta by Georgi Parpulov, published 30 July 2023
- R. Waltz, Minuscule 205 at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism