Minuscule 184 Explained

Minuscule 184 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 312 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.[2] It has marginalia.

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 72 parchment leaves (size).[2] The text is written in two columns per page, in 24 lines per page (size of column 19.1 by 5 cm), in black ink, the initial letters in red.[3]

The text is divided according to the small Ammonian Sections (in Mark 236 sections), with references to the Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers).[3]

It contains the Epistula ad Carpianum, prolegomena, the tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) are placed before each Gospel. It contains a lectionary markings at the margin for liturgical reading.[4]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland did not place it in any Category.[5]

According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the textual group 1216, as a core member.[6]

Textually it has some relationship to the group 16.

History

The manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 13th century.

The manuscript was examined by Birch, Scholz, and Burgon. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.[3]

It is currently housed at the Laurentian Library (Plutei. VI. 15), at Florence.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 54.
  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. 58.
  3. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 164 .
  4. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 1 . 4 . 217 .
  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 . 56 . 0-8028-1918-4 . registration .