Minuscule 2060 Explained

Minuscule 2060 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Av⁴² (von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on 105 parchment leaves (27.5 by 21 cm). It is dated by a colophon to the year 1331.^[1] Gregory labelled it by 153^r, Scrivener by 114^r.^[2]

Description

The codex contains the Book of Revelation with homilies of St. John Chrysostom to the Gospel of John, and the Revelation commentary by Andrew of Caesarea, altogether 369 leaves. Its text is written in one column per page, in 21 lines per page.^[3] Revelation is at the end (pages 265–369).

Kurt Aland did not place its biblical Greek text in any Category.^[4] It was not examined by the Claremont Profile Method.^[5]

The text of the codex was collated by Hoskier.^[6]

The manuscript is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Ms. 542) in Rome.^[1]

See also

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

Further reading

• Herman C. Hoskier, "Concerning the Text of the Apocalypse" 1 (London, 1929), pp. 381-388.
• Bruce M. Metzger, "Manuscripts of the Greek Bible" (New York: Oxford, 1981), pp. 132-133.

External links

• Image from minuscule 2060
• Web site: Liste Handschriften. Institute for New Testament Textual Research. 8 March 2011. Münster.

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. 165.
2. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener

   . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. 1 . . 1894 . London . 4 . 325 .

3. [Caspar René Gregory|C. R. Gregory]
4. Book: Aland , Kurt . Kurt Aland

   . 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 . limited . 978-0-8028-4098-1.

5. 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 . 83 . 0-8028-1918-4 . registration .
6. [Herman C. Hoskier]