Minuscule 256

Minuscule 256

New Testament manuscript

Text Acts, Paul, Revelation
Date 11th century
Script Greek-Armenian
Now at National Library of France
Size 28.9 cm by 22.7 cm
Type Alexandrian, Byzantine
Category II, V
Note marginalia

Minuscule 256 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α216 (Soden),[1] is a Greek-Armenian minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.[2] It was adapted for liturgical use.

Formerly it was assigned by 301e, 259p, and 102r.[3]

Description

The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles, and Book of Revelation, on 323 parchment leaves (28.9 cm by 22.7 cm), with lacunae.[2] The text is written in two columns per page, 36 lines per page.[2]

It contains prolegomena, Journeys and death of Paul (as codices 102, 206, 216, 468, 614, 665, 909, 912), lists of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each book, lectionary equipment at the margin, subscriptions at the end of each book, and στιχοι.[3]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type in Pauline epistles, and the Byzantine elsewhere.[4]

The ending of the Epistle to the Romans has an unusual order of verses: 16:23; 16:25-27; 16:24 (as in codices P 33 104 263 365 436 459 1319 1573 1837 1852 syrp arm).[5]

History

The manuscript once belonged to Archbishop of Tarsus (1153-1198).[3] It was examined and described by Paulin Martin.[6] The manuscript was collated by C. F. Matthaei[7] and Herman C. Hoskier (only Apocalypse).

Gregory saw it in 1885.[3] Formerly it was assigned by 301e, 259p, and 102r.[3] In 1908 Gregory gave the number 256 to it.[1]

The manuscript is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Armen. 27 (9)) at Paris.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 57.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 62.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 285.
  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. 132. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  5. ↑ UBS3, p. 576.
  6. ↑ Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au Nouveau Testament, conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 123
  7. ↑ 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. 223.

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