Minuscule 139 Explained

Minuscule 139 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), A²⁰² (Soden),^[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. It is dated by a colophon to 1173.^[2]

Description

The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Luke and Gospel of John on 233 parchment leaves (size).^[2] The text is written in one column per page.^[2] The biblical text is surrounded by a catena.^[3]

It is believed the date 1173 was added by a later hand, though according to Gregory it is correct date.^[4]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.^[5] According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual cluster 291 in Luke 1. In Luke 10 and Luke 20 no profile was made.^[6]

History

According to the colophon it was written in 1173, but the colophon was not written by the original scribe, only by a somewhat later hand.^[3]

The manuscript was examined by Birch (about 1782) and Scholz. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.^[4]

It is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Vat. gr. 758), at Rome.^[2]

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism

Further reading

• Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 157 .

Notes and References

1. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 53.
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. 55.
3. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 1 . 213 .
4. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J. C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 157 .
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 . limited . 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 . 55 . 0-8028-1918-4 . registration .