Minuscule 754 (Gregory-Aland)

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Minuscule 754
Text Gospels
Date 11th century
Script Greek
Now at Bibliothèque nationale de France
Size 30.7 cm by 23 cm
Type Byzantine text-type
Category V
Note

Minuscule 754 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), A142 (von Soden),[1][2] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century. The manuscript has no complex contents.[3][4] Scrivener labelled it as 763e.[5]

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 464 parchment leaves (size 30.7 cm by 23 cm),[3] with some lacunae (Matthew 6:25-8:19; John 21:18-25). The texts of Matthew 6:25-8:19; John 21:18-25 were supplied by a later hand on paper.[1]

The biblical text is surrounded by a catena.[3][6]

The text is divided according to the Ammonian Sections, with a references to the Eusebian Canons.[1]

It contains Epistula ad Carpianum, lectionary markings at the margin, and a commentary.[5][6] The manuscript is ornamented.[1]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[7]

It was not examined by using the Claremont Profile Method.[8]

In John 2:22 it reads ελεγε αυτοις along with Codex Cyprius, Codex Petropolitanus, 1212, lectionary 1076; majority reads ελεγε;

History

Scrivener[5] and Gregory dated the manuscript to the 11th century.[6] The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 11th century.[4]

The manuscript was brought from Janina.[6]

It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (763) and Gregory (754).[6]

The manuscript is now housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Suppl. Gr. 1076) in Paris.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Hermann von Soden, Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte (Berlin 1902), vol. 1, p. 253.
  2. Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 74.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Aland, K.; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 92. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Handschriftenliste at the Münster Institute
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 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. 270.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments 1. Leipzig. p. 219.
  7. 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.
  8. 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. 65. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.

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