Minuscule 791
Minuscule 791 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε464 (von Soden),[1][2] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century. The manuscript has complex contents.[3][4]
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospels |
|---|---|
| Date | 12th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | National Library of Greece |
| Size | 21.5 cm by 15.5 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | none |
| Note | – |
Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 229 parchment leaves (size 21.5 cm by 15.5 cm).[3] The text of Mark 1:1-4:19 was written by second hand, the text of Mark 4:20-7:30 by third hand.[1]
The text is written in one column per page, 24 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. There is also another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (except end of Mark), but without references to the Eusebian Canons (at the beginning).[5]
It contains Eusebian tables at the beginning, lectionary markings at the margin, a liturgical book Synaxarion (later hand), Verses (later hand), and pictures.[5]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kak.[6] Aland did not place it in any Category.[7]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represent the textual cluster 22a in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made.[6]
In Matthew 1:11 it reads Ιωσιας δε εγεννησεν τον Ιωακειμ, Ιωακειμ δε εγεννησεν τον Ιεχονιαν instead of Ιωσιας δε εγεννησεν τον Ιεχονιαν. The reading is supported by Codex Campianus, Codex Koridethi, f1, 33, 258, 478, 661, 954, 1216, 1230, 1354, 1604, ℓ 54.[5][8]
History
According to C. R. Gregory the manuscript was written in the 14th century.[5] The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 12th century.[4]
The manuscript was noticed in catalogue from 1876.[9]
It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (791). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[5]
The manuscript is now housed at the National Library of Greece (77) in Athens.[3][4]
References
- Soden, von, Hermann (1902). Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte. Vol. 1. Berlin: Verlag von Alexander Duncker. p. 196.
- Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 75.
- Aland, K.; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 93. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
- Handschriftenliste at the Münster Institute
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs. p. 222.
- 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. 66. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
- 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.
- NA26, p. 2; UBS3, p. 2.
- 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. 222.