Minuscule 219
| Minuscule 219 | |
|---|---|
| Name | Vind. Ness. 321 |
| Text | Gospels |
| Date | 13th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Austrian National Library |
| Size | 15 cm by 12 cm |
| Type | Byzantine |
| Category | V |
| Note | Family E |
Minuscule 219 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 385 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.[2] It has marginalia.
Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels, on 232 parchment leaves (size 15 cm by 12 cm).[2] It is written in one column per page, 21 lines per page.[3]
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and the τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 233, 16:8), with references to the Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers).[3]
It contains the lists of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, and subscriptions at the end of each Gospel.[3][4]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[5] Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family E.[6]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual family Kx in Luke 1 and Luke 210. In Luke 10 no profile was made. It creates pair with 2217.[6]
History
The manuscript once belonged to J. Sambucky († 1584).[3] Francis Karl Alter used it in his edition of the Greek text of the New Testament.[7] C. R. Gregory saw it in 1887.[3]
It is currently housed at the Austrian National Library (Theol. Gr. 321), at Vienna.[2]
See also
- List of New Testament minuscules
- Biblical manuscript
- Textual criticism
References
- ↑ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 55.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 168.
- ↑ Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 221.
- ↑ 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. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 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.
- ↑ F. K. Alter, Novum Testamentum Graecum, ad Codicem Vindobonensem Graece expressum: Varietam Lectionis addidit Franciscus Carolus Alter, 2 vols. 8vo, Vienna, 1786-1787.
Further reading
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 168.