Minuscule 222

Minuscule 222 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), A404 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century.[2] The manuscript has not survived in complete condition.

Minuscule 222
New Testament manuscript
TextGospels †
Date14th century
ScriptGreek
Now atAustrian National Library
Size21.8 cm by 15.4 cm
Categorynone

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels, on 346 paper leaves (size 21.8 cm by 15.4 cm), with some lacunae (Matthew 1:1-6:19; John 14:2-16:4; 16:7-fin).[2] It is written in one column per page, 24-32 lines per page.[3]

It contains a commentary (Victor's in Mark).[3][4]

Aland did not place the Greek text of the codex in any Category.[5] It was not examined by the Claremont Profile Method.[6] In result his textual character is unknown.

History

The manuscript was brought by Busbecq from Constantinople (along with Minuscule 123 and 221). C. R. Gregory saw it in 1887.[3]

It is currently housed at the Austrian National Library (Theol. Gr. 180), at Vienna.[2][7]

See also

References
  1. Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 56.
  2. K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 60.
  3. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 169.
  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. 221.
  5. 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. pp. 132, 138. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  6. Wisse, Frederik (1982). The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 57. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
  7. "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 1 October 2012.

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