Minuscule 267
Minuscule 267 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1289 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.[2] It has marginalia.
New Testament manuscript | |
Text | Gospels |
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Date | 12th century |
Script | Greek |
Now at | National Library of France |
Size | 20.5 cm by 15.5 cm |
Type | Byzantine text-type |
Category | V |
Note | member of Family 1424 |
Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 396 parchment leaves (20.5 cm by 15.5 cm), with lacunae (Matthew 1:1-8; Mark 1:1-7; Luke 1:1-8; Luke 24:50-John 1:12). The text is written in one column per page, in 20 lines per page.[2]
The text is divided according to the Ammonian Sections (Matthew 343, Mark 241 – the last section in 16:9, Luke 339, John 231), whose numbers are given at the margin. There are also references to the Eusebian Canons (in Matthew and Mark in the same line as Ammonian Sections – see codex 112).[3][n 1]
It contains Prolegomena, tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin, incipits, αναγνωσεις (Matthew 116; Mark 71, Luke 114, John 67), subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, and numbers of στιχοι.[3]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[4]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it creates textual cluster along with the manuscripts 7, 1651, and 1654. The cluster stands close to the textual family Kx.[5]
It belongs to the textual family 1424.
History
The manuscript once belonged to Arsenikos, a monk. In 1605 (or 1606) it was presented to Nicodemus.[3] The manuscripts was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).[6] It was examined and described by Paulin Martin.[7] C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.[3]
The manuscript is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 69) at Paris.[2]
References
- Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 57.
- K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 63
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 174.
- 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.
- 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. pp. 58, 100. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
- 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. 226.
- Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au Nouveau Testament, conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 58
Further reading
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 174.
External links
- R. Waltz, Minuscule 267 at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism