Minuscule 770
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospel of Matthew †, Gospel of John |
|---|---|
| Date | 12th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | National Library of Greece |
| Size | 26.5 cm by 21 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
| Note | commentary |
Minuscule 770 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), A148 (von Soden),[1][2] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century. The manuscript has not been preserved in its entirety.[3][4] Scrivener labelled it as 862e.[5]
Description
The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Matthew and Gospel of John, on 270 parchment leaves (size 26.5 cm by 21 cm), with lacunae.[3] It lacks the text of Matthew 1:1-5:46.[6] The text is written in one column per page, 24-26 lines per page.[3] The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, with their τιτλοι (titles) at the top of the pages.[6] It contains a commentary.[6] The text of the Gospels as well as a commentary was corrected by a later hand.[1]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[7] The lacks the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11).[6]
History
F. H. A. Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 11th century;[5] Gregory dated the manuscript to the 12th century.[6] The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 12th century.[4] The manuscript was noted in a catalogue from 1876.[8] It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (862)[5] and Gregory (770). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[6] The manuscript is now housed at the National Library of Greece (203) in Athens.[3][4]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hermann von Soden, Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte (Berlin 1902), vol. 1, p. 253
- ↑ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 75.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Aland, K.; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 92. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Handschriftenliste at the Münster Institute
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 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. 275.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 220.
- ↑ Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ↑ Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 219.
Further reading
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 220.
External links
- Online images of the manuscript at the CSNTM.