Minuscule 149 Explained

Minuscule 149 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 503 (Soden),^[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 15th century.^[2] It was adapted for liturgical use.

Description

The codex contains the entire of the New Testament on 179 parchment leaves. The size of pages is .^[2] The text is written in one column per page, in 33-35 lines per page^[2] (size of text is). The capital letters in red. 10 leaves in quire.^{[3] [4]}

It contains Prolegomena to the Catholic and Pauline epistles, and liturgical equipment at the margin. The parchment is fine and white.^[3]

The order of books is typical: Gospels, Acts, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles, Revelation.^[3]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family K^x.^[5] Aland placed it in Category V.^[6]

According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual group 22b in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20 as a weak member.^[7]

History

Birch dated the manuscript to the 14th century, Gregory to the 15th century. Presently the INTF dated it to the 15th century.^[2]

Amelotte quoted several of its readings. These readings were used by Wettstein.^[8] The manuscript was examined by Birch (about 1782), and Scholz. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.^[3]

The text of Apocalypse was collated by Hoskier.

It is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Pal. gr. 171), at Rome.^[2]

See also

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

Further reading

• Herman C. Hoskier, "Concerning the Text of the Apocalypse" (London, 1929), pp. 53–55.

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: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 158–159 .
4. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . fourth . London . 1 . 214 .
5. Frederik Wisse, The profile method for the classification and evaluation of manuscript evidence, William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1982, p. 55.
6. 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.
7. 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, 107–108 . 0-8028-1918-4 . registration .
8. Johann David Michaelis, Introduction to the New Testament (London 1823), p. 350.