Minuscule 203

Minuscule 203

New Testament manuscript

Text New Testament (except Gospels)
Date 12th century
Script modern Greek
Now at British Library
Size 21.5 cm by 29.5 cm
Type Byzantine text-type
Category V

Minuscule 203 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 203 (Soden),[1] is a modern Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.[2]

Description

The codex contains the text of the New Testament (except Gospels) on 149 parchment leaves (size 21.5 cm by 29.5 cm), with some lacunae.[2][3] The order of books: Pauline epistles, Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, Apocalypse.[4] It contains non-biblical material at the end with a list of the errors condemned by the Seven Ecumenical Councils.[5]

It is written in one column per page, in 32-33 lines per page.[4]

It has Euthalian Apparatus.[5]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[6]

History

The scribe of the codex was named Andreas.[5]

It was examined by Birch and Scholz. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.[4]

It is currently housed at the British Library (Add. 28816), at London.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 55.
  2. 1 2 3 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.
  3. ↑ "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 166.
  5. 1 2 3 R. Waltz, Minuscule 203 at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism
  6. ↑ 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.

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