Minuscule 770 (Gregory-Aland)

Minuscule 770

New Testament manuscript

Text Gospel of Matthew †, Gospel of John
Date 12th century
Script Greek
Now at National Library of Greece
Size 26.5 cm by 21 cm
Type Byzantine text-type
Category V
Note commentary

Minuscule 770 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), A148 (von Soden),[1][2] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century. The manuscript has no complex contents.[3][4] Scrivener labelled it as 862e.[5] The manuscript has not complete context.

Description

The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Matthew and Gospel of John, on 270 parchment leaves (size 26.5 cm by 21 cm), with lacunae.[3] It lacks the text of Matthew 1:1-5:46.[6] The text is written in one column per page, 24-26 lines per page.[3]

The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, with their τιτλοι (titles) at the top of the pages.[6]

It contains a commentary.[6] The text of the Gospels as well as a commentary was corrected by a later hand.[1]

Text

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

The lacks the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11).[6]

History

F. H. A. Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 11th century;[5] Gregory dated the manuscript to the 12th century.[6] The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 12th century.[4]

The manuscript was noticed in a catalogue from 1876.[8]

It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (862)[5] and Gregory (770). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[6]

The manuscript is now housed at the National Library of Greece (203) in Athens.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 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. 75.
  3. 1 2 3 4 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. 1 2 3 Handschriftenliste at the Münster Institute
  5. 1 2 3 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. 275.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 220.
  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. ↑ Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 219.

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