Minuscule 211
Minuscule 211 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 234 (Soden),[1] is a Greek-Arabic diglot minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.[2] The manuscript is lacunose. It has marginalia.
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospels |
|---|---|
| Date | 12th century |
| Script | Greek-Arabic |
| Now at | Biblioteca Marciana |
| Size | 29.5 cm by 23 cm |
| Type | mixed |
| Category | none |
| Note | marginalia |
Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 280 parchment leaves (size 29.5 cm by 23 cm), in quarto (four leaves in quire), with two lacunae (Luke 1:1-2:32; John 1:1-4:2).[2] It is written in two columns per page, 26 lines per page.[3]
The text is divided according to the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 236 sections – with the last numbered section in 16:12), with references to the Eusebian Canons (irregularly inserted).[3]
It contains the table of the κεφαλαια (table of contents) to Luke, synaxaria, Menologion, subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, with numbers of ρηματα, and numbers of στιχοι.[3][4] In additional material it has Limits of the Five Patriarchates (like codices 69 and 543).[5]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a mixture of the text-types. Aland did not place it in any Category.[6]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual group Λ in Luke 10 and Luke 20. In Luke 1 the manuscript is defective.[7]
It contains the text of the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11).[8]
History
It was examined by Birch,[9] Burgon, and Lake. C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[3]
It is currently housed at the Biblioteca Marciana (Fondo ant. 539), at Venice.[2]
References
- Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 55.
- K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 59
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. pp. 167–168.
- Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 220.
- J. Rendel Harris, The Origin of the Leicester Codex of the New Testament (London, 1887), pp. 62-65.
- 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. 138. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- 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.
- Birch, Variae Lectiones ad Textum IV Evangeliorum, Haunie 1801, p. 429
- Birch, Variae Lectiones ad Textum IV Evangeliorum, Haunie 1801, p. LXV
Further reading
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. pp. 167–168.