Minuscule 393
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | New Testament (except Rev.) |
|---|---|
| Date | 14th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Biblioteca Vallicelliana |
| Size | 26.7 cm by 17.3 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
| Note | marginalia |
Minuscule 393 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 452 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century.[2] It has marginalia.
Description
[edit]The codex contains the text of the New Testament except Book of Revelation on 222 paper leaves (26.7 cm by 17.3 cm). The text is written in one column per page, in 34 lines per page.[2]
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and the τιτλοι (titles) at the top of the pages. It contains lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), they were added by later hand.[3]
The order of books is unusual: Acts, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles, Gospels, Book of Psalms with Hymns.[3]
Text
[edit]The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. According to Hermann von Soden it represents recension established by Lucian in Antioch about A.D. 300.[4] Aland placed it in Category V.[5] According to the Claremont Profile Method it has mixture of the Byzantine families in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20, with some relationship to Π groups.[4]
History
[edit]Oscar von Gebhardt saw the manuscript in 1882, C. R. Gregory in 1886.[3]
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794–1852).[6]
The manuscript is currently housed at the Biblioteca Vallicelliana (E. 22) in Rome.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 62.
- ^ a b c Aland, K.; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 70. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
- ^ a b c Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 185.
- ^ a b 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. 60. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
- ^ 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. 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ^ 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. 225.
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 185.
External links
[edit]- Minuscule 393. Entry in the Manuscript Database of the Göttinger Septuaginta by Maria Tomadaki, published 10 August 2022