| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospels † |
|---|---|
| Date | 12th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | John Rylands Library, Manchester |
| Size | 21.3 cm by 17 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type/mixed |
| Category | none |
Minuscule 702 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε2010 (von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically, it has been assigned to the 12th century. The manuscript has complex contents.
Description
The codex contains the text of the New Testament on 143 parchment leaves (size 21.3 cm by 17 cm). It has numerous lacunae (Matthew 1:1-7:20; 8:26-10:8; 17:19-18:24; 20:31-21:31 Mark 13:27-14:11; 16:18-20; Luke 2:16-3:8; 17:13-18:1; 22:8-32; 24:22-53; John 5:9-30; 6:8-29; 7:4-28; 7:48-8:19; (11, 12); 11:38-21:25).
The text is written in one columns per page, 30 lines per page.
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), which numbers are given at the left margin; the τιτλοι (titles) are given at the top. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 233, 16:9), with a references to the Eusebian Canons.
It contains the tables of the κεφαλαια before each Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin, and subscriptions.
Text
Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex did not place in any Category.
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents mixed Byzantine text, related to the textual family K in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made.
History
Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 13th century, Gregory dated the manuscript to the 14th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 12th century.
It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (886). and Gregory (702).
Formerly it was housed in London but is now housed at the John Rylands Library (Gr. Ms. 16) in Manchester.
See also
References
- Hermann von Soden, Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte (Berlin 1902), vol. 1, p. 169.
- Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 73.
- ^ Aland, K.; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 89. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
- ^ Handschriftenliste at the Münster Institute
- ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 214.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - 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.
- 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. 64. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
- Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1 (fourth ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 275.
Further reading
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 214.
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