Minuscule 107 Explained

Minuscule 107 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 344 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.[2]

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 351 parchment leaves . The text is written in one column per page, 18-22 lines per page.[2] The initial letters in gold.[3]

The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages.[3]

It contains tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, and pictures.[4]

It was written by more than one scribe. The first page of Matthew is written in gold.[3]

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kx. Aland placed it in Category V.[5] According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents mixed Byzantine text in Luke 1, textual family Kx in Luke 20, in Luke 10 no profile was made.[6]

History

It was examined by Wettstein, Griesbach, and Scholz.[4] Wettsteins's and Griesbach's 107 is Gregory's minuscule 201. Scholz dated the manuscript to the 14th century.[3]

C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883.[3]

It is housed at the Bodleian Library (E. D. Clarke 6) at Oxford.[2]

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Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 52.
  2. [Kurt Aland|K. Aland]
  3. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 152 .
  4. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 208–209 . 1 .
  5. Book: Aland , Kurt . Kurt Aland . Aland . Barbara . Barbara Aland . Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) . The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism . . 1995 . Grand Rapids . 138 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  6. Book: Wisse , Frederik . The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke . . 1982 . Grand Rapids . 54 . 0-8028-1918-4 . registration .