Codex Daltonianus Explained

Codex Daltonianus, known as Minuscule 1423 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by A¹¹⁹ (in the Soden numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, written on a paper. Palaeographically it had been assigned to the 14th century (or about 1200).^[1]

Description

The codex contains the complete text of the four Gospels on 352 paper leaves (29.0 by 21.8 cm), with marginal commentaries (approx. 47 lines). The text is written in one column per page, in 21 and more lines per page. Titles of Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια are written in semi-uncials. The headings are ornamented. It contains Prolegomena, tables of Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters) at the margin, and commentaries.^[2]

Kurt Aland did not place it in any Category.^[3] It was not examined by the Claremont Profile Method.^[4]

History

Lake described it in 1902. It was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by C. R. Gregory.

The codex now is located in the Kenneth Willis Clark Collection of the Duke University (Gk MS 60) at Durham.^[1]

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules (1001-2000)
• Biblical manuscripts
• Textual criticism

Further reading

• Lampros, Sp. P., „Καταλογος των εν τη βιβλιοθηκη της ιερας μονης ικοσιφοινισσης”, ‘Ηλληνομνημων, XVII (1923), pp. 306–311.

External links

• The Kenneth Willis Clark Collection of Greek Manuscripts
• Codex Daltonianus at the Kenneth Willis Clark Collection of Greek Manuscripts

Notes and References

1. K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 147.
2. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . 1909 . Leipzig . 1 . 1145 .
3. 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 . 139 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
4. 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 . 77 . 0-8028-1918-4 . registration .