Minuscule 200 Explained

Minuscule 200 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 118 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.[2] It has marginalia.

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 229 parchment leaves (size).[2] The text is written in two columns per page, in 25 lines per page, in light-brown or dark-brown ink, capital letters in gold.[3]

The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections, whose numbers – all in gold – are given at the margin. It contains references to the Eusebian Canons in red (written below Ammonian Section numbers).[3]

It contains pictures, Epistula ad Carpianum, the Eusebian Canon tables, tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, and fragments of Gregory of Nyssa against the Arians. The Synaxarion and Menologion were added in the 14th century.[3] [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 Π200.[6]

The pericope is marked with an obelus as a doubtful.[3]

History

The manuscript once belonged to Antonio Corbinelli († 1423) and together with codex 199 was presented to Benedictine monastery.[3]

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

It is currently housed at the Laurentian Library (Conv. Sopp. 160), at Florence.[2]

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Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 55.
  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. 59.
  3. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 166 .
  4. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 218 . 1 .
  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 . 57 . 0-8028-1918-4 . registration .