Minuscule 2793

Minuscule 2793

New Testament manuscript

Page with text of Matthew 22:7-14
Text Gospel of Matthew 22:7-22
Date 13th/ 14th century
Script Greek
Now at Bible Museum
Size 13.9 cm by 10.3 cm
Category none
Hand small well-formed hand

Minuscule 2793 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on 1 parchment leaf (13.9 cm by 10.3 cm). Dated paleografically to the 13th century (or 14th century). Only one leaf has survived.[1]

Description

The codex contains only a fragment text of the Gospel of Matthew 22:7-22. The text is written in one column per page, in 20 lines per page.[1] It has breathings and accents. It is written by small well-formed Greek hand. The margins are wide.[2]

Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex did not place in any Category.[3]

This leaf is one of very few authentic pieces which were bought by Thomas Phillipps from Constantine Simonides (in 1853/1854).

The codex is now housed at Bible Museum (Ms. 11) in Münster.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 210.
  2. Munby, Phillipps Studies, Vol. IV, Chapter 6
  3. 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. 138, 140. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.

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