Minuscule 278a
New Testament manuscript | |
Text | Gospels |
---|---|
Date | 1072 |
Script | Greek |
Now at | Bibliothèque nationale de France |
Size | 20.2 cm by 15 cm |
Type | Byzantine text-type |
Category | V |
Note | full marginalia |
Minuscule 278a (in the
Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 305 parchment leaves (20.2 cm by 15 cm), with one lacunae (Matthew 13:43-17:5). The text is written in one column per page, in 21 lines per page.[2]
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also another division according to the smaller
It contains the
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[5]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the cluster Π278 in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20. To this cluster belong manuscripts 1209 and 1509.[6]
History
The manuscript was written by Methodius, a monk and presbyter.[3] The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).[7] It was examined and described by Paulin Martin.[8]
The manuscript is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 82, fol. 1-41.51-305) in Paris.[2]
See also
- List of New Testament minuscules
- Biblical manuscript
- Textual criticism
- Minuscule 278b
References
- ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 58.
- ^ ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
- ^ a b c d Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 175.
- ^ 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. 226.
- ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
- ^ 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. 225.
- ^ Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au Nouveau Testament, conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 67
Further reading
- Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au Nouveau Testament, conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 67
External links
- "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 8 March 2011.