Minuscule 228

New Testament manuscripts
papyri • uncials • minuscules • lectionaries
Minuscule 228
Name Codex Escurialensis
Text Acts, Paul
Date 14th century
Script Greek
Now at Escurial
Size 16.8 cm by 12.5 cm
Category none

Minuscule 228 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 458 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographicaly it has been assigned to the 14th century.[2] Formerly it was labelled by 109a and 229p.[3]

Contents

Description

The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles and Pauline epistles (except Philemon, Hebrews), on 126 parchment leaves (size 16.8 cm by 12.5 cm).[2] It is written in one column per page, 40-44 lines per page.[2] It has not Catholic epistles.[2]

Text

Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kx.[4] Aland did not place it in any of his Categories.[5]

According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual family Π171 in Luke 1 and Luke 10. In Luke 20 it represents Kx.[4]

It does not contain the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11).[3]

History

The manuscript belonged to Nicholas Nathanael of Crete, then to Andreas Darmarius, a calligrapher from Epidaurus. Daniel Gotthilf Moldenhawer collated it for Andreas Birch (Esc. 7).[3] Formerly the manuscript was labelled by 109a and 229p. In 1908 C. R. Gregory gave number 228 for it.

It is currently housed at the Escurial (Cod. Escurialensis, X. IV. 12).[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 56. http://www.archive.org/stream/diegriechischen00greggoog#page/n67/mode/2up. 
  2. ^ a b c d e 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. ^ a b c Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 274. http://www.archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n287/mode/2up. 
  4. ^ a b 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. 
  5. ^ Aland, Kurt; Barbara Aland; Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. pp. 132, 138. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1. 

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