Minuscule 223
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| form = Minuscule | number = 223 | image = Minuscule 223 (GA) f11r.jpg | isize = | caption= The beginning of the Acts | name = | sign = | text = Acts, Pauline epistles | script = Greek | date = 14th-century | found = | now at = University of Michigan Library | cite = | size = | type = Byzantine | cat = V | hand = | note =
Minuscule 223 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 263 (Von Soden numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th-century. Formerly it was labeled by 223a and 277p.{{Cite book | last = Gregory | first = Caspar René | author-link = Caspar René Gregory | title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments | publisher = Hinrichs | year = 1900 | location = Leipzig | volume = 1 | page = 282 | url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n295/mode/2up Scrivener labelled it by 220a and 264p.{{Cite book | last = Scrivener | first = Frederick Henry Ambrose | author-link = Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener |author2=Edward Miller | title = A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament | publisher = George Bell & Sons | year = 1894 | location = London | edition = 4 | volume = 1 | pages = 299–300
Description
The codex contains the text of the Acts, Pauline, and Catholic epistles on 376 parchment leaves (size ), with some lacunae (first leaves in 2 Corinthians with 1:1-3, Ephesians with 1:1-4, and Hebrews with 1:1-6).
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and the τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages.
It contains double prolegomena, Journeys and death of Paul,As in codices: 102, 206, 216, 256, 468, 614, 665, 909, 912 tables of the κεφαλαια (to the Acts), lectionary markings at the margin, liturgical books with hagiographies (Synaxarion, Menologion), and subscriptions at the end of each biblical book. The illuminations are given before each book.
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.{{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 | page = 138 | isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}
History
The manuscript was written by Antonius, a monk. According to the colophon the manuscript was written by Antonios of Malaka in 1244. Dating of the manuscript is problematic, possibly the colophon was not inserted by original scribe. It was examined by Scrivener and Gregory (1883).
Formerly it was labeled by 223a and 277p. In 1908 C. R. Gregory gave number 223 for it.
It is currently housed at the University of Michigan Library (Ms. 34), at Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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References
References
- Gregory, Caspar René. (1908). "Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament". J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung.
- K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", ''[[Walter de Gruyter]]'', Berlin, New York 1994, p. 60.
- Bruce M. Metzger. (1991). "Manuscripts of the Greek Bible". Oxford University Press.
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