Minuscule 191

Minuscule 191 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 224 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.[2] It has marginalia.

Minuscule 191
New Testament manuscript
TextGospels
Date12th century
ScriptGreek
Now atLaurentian Library
Size13.2 cm by 9.5 cm
TypeByzantine text-type
Categorynone
Notefamily Kx

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 180 elegant parchment leaves (size 13.2 cm by 9.5 cm).[2] The text is written in one column per page, in 27 lines per page,[2] in black ink.[3]

The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin in Latin.[3]

It contains Prolegomena, αναγνωσεις (lessons – later hand), and subscriptions at the end of each book, with numbers of στιχοι.[3][4]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden assigned it to the textual family Kx.[5] Aland did not place it in any Category.[6]

According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the textual cluster M1326 along with the manuscripts 444, 1326, 1396, 2521. It is related to the cluster M106.[5]

History

The manuscript was examined by Bandini, Birch, Scholz, and Burgon. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.[3]

It is currently housed at the Laurentian Library (Plutei. VI. 29), at Florence.[2]

See also

References

  1. Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 54.
  2. K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 58.
  3. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 165.
  4. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 217.
  5. 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. 56. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
  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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