Minuscule 152 Explained

Minuscule 152 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 303 (Soden),^[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.^[2] It has complex contents, and full marginalia.

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 315 parchment leaves (size).^[2] The text is written in one column per page, in 20 lines per page. The ink is brown-black, the initial letters in blue.^[3]

It contains the tables of Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, numbers of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters) at the margin of the text, the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages, and pictures.^[4] It has no prolegomena.^[3]

The text of John's ending on 21:24, and verse 25 were added by a later hand.^[3]

Text

It is similar to the codex 16. Aland did not place it in any Category.^[5] According to the Claremont Profile Method in Luke 1; 10; and 20 it belongs to the group 1216 and creates a pair with 555.^[6]

History

It is dated by the INTF to the 13th century.^[7]

The manuscript was examined by Birch (about 1782) and Scholz. C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.^[3]

It is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Pal. gr. 227), 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 . 159 .

External links

• Web site: Liste Handschriften. Institute for New Testament Textual Research. 3 September 2012. Münster.

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 . Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 159 .
4. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 214 .
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 . 55 . 0-8028-1918-4 . registration .
7. Web site: Liste Handschriften. Institute for New Testament Textual Research. 3 September 2012. Münster.