Minuscule 1216

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11th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament

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::summary 11th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament ::

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Minuscule 1216 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε1043 (von Soden), is an 11th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. The manuscript has survived in complete condition.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels with a commentary on 282 parchment leaves (size ). Some non-biblical material in Latin was added at the end of the codex in 1377.

The text is written in one column per page, 20 lines per page.{{Cite book | last = Aland | first = Kurt | author-link = Kurt Aland |author2=M. Welte |author3=B. Köster |author4=K. Junack | title = Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments | publisher = Walter de Gruyter | year = 1994 | location = Berlin, New York | page = 117 | isbn = 3-11-011986-2 }}

The text is divided according to the Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers).{{Cite book | last = Gregory | first = Caspar René | author-link = Caspar René Gregory | title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments | publisher = J. C. Hinrichs | year = 1900 | location = Leipzig | volume = 1 | page = 247 | url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n259/mode/2up

It contains Epistula ad Carpianum at the beginning, tables of contents (κεφαλαια) before each Gospel, lectionary markings in the margin for liturgical use, pictures, and liturgical books with hagiographies (Synaxarion, Menologion).

Text

Hermann von Soden included it to the textual family Iβb (Caesarean group). Kurt Aland did not place the Greek text of the codex in any Category.{{Cite book | last = Aland | first = Kurt | author-link = Kurt Aland | last2 = Aland | first2 = Barbara | author-link2 = Barbara Aland | others = Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) | title = The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism | publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company | year = 1995 | location = Grand Rapids | pages = 134, 139 | isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}

According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual family 1216 in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20, as a core member. The family is related to group 16.{{Cite book | last = Wisse | first = Frederik | title = The profile method for the classification and evaluation of manuscript evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke | publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company | year = 1982 | location = Grand Rapids | page = 73 | url = https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/73 | isbn = 0-8028-1918-4 | url-access = registration

It lacks the text of Matthew 16:2b–3 (Signs of the times).

In Matthew 1:11 it has the additional reading τον Ιωακιμ, Ιωακιμ δε εγεννησεν (Joakim, Joakim begot) — M U Θ Rossano Gospels f1 33 258 478 661 954 1230 1354 1604 Lectionary 54 syrh geo.

In John 4:51 it reads υιος (son) for παις (servant), the reading of the codex is supported by Codex Bezae, Cyprius, Petropolitanus Purpureus, Petropolitanus, Nanianus, 0141, 33, 194, 196, 743, 817, 892, 1192, 1241.

History

C. R. Gregory dated the manuscript to the 10th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 11th century.

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (1216e). C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886. In 1908 Gregory gave it the siglum 1216.

Currently the manuscript is housed at Saint Catherine's Monastery (Gr. 179), in the Sinai Peninsula.

References

References

  1. Gregory, Caspar René. (1908). "Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament". J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung.
  2. "Liste Handschriften". Institute for New Testament Textual Research.
  3. Soden, von, Hermann. (1902). "Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte". Verlag von Alexander Duncker.
  4. UBS3, p. 61.
  5. UBS3, p. 2.
  6. ''The Gospel According to John in the Byzantine Tradition'' (Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft: Stuttgart 2007), p. 42

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