Minuscule 2284 Explained

Minuscule 2284 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε359 (von Soden),^{[1] [2]} is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. The manuscript has complex contents.^{[3] [4]} Gregory labelled it by siglum 704. Scrivener labelled it by 886^e.^[5]

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on two volumes, 324 parchment leaves (size).^{[3] [6]}

The text is written in one column per page, 18-21 lines per page.^[3]

The first pages in Matthew have a Latin translation on the margin.^[6]

Text

Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex did not place in any Category.^[7]

According to the Wisse's Profile Method it represents mixed Byzantine text, related to the textual family K^r in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.^[8]

History

Scrivener and Gregory dated the manuscript to the 13th century.^[6] Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 13th century.^[4]

It was added to the list of New Testament manuscript by Gregory (704). It was renumbered by Aland as 2284.^[6]

Formerly it was housed in London, in Quaritch (Catalogue 94, No. 145).^[5]

Actually the manuscript is housed at the John Rylands University Library (Ms. Gr. 18) in Manchester.^{[3] [4]}

See also

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

Further reading

• Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 214 .

Notes and References

1. [Hermann von Soden]
2. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 73.
3. Book: Aland , K. . Kurt Aland . M. Welte . B. Köster . K. Junack . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments . . 1994 . Berlin, New York . 178 . 3-11-011986-2 .
4. http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php Handschriftenliste
5. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . fourth . London . 275 .
6. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1 . 1900 . Leipzig . 214 .
7. 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 . 139 . limited . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
8. 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 . 85 . 0-8028-1918-4 . registration .