Minuscule 282 Explained

Minuscule 282 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 280 (Soden),^[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1176.^{[2] [3]} It has full marginalia.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 150 parchment leaves . The text is written in two columns per page, in 33-34 lines per page.^[2]

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 another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (in Mark 235 Sections, the last in 16:12) was added by a later hand, but without references to the Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers).

It contains the Eusebian Canon tables, lectionary markings at the margin for liturgical use, and subscriptions at the end of each Gospel.^[4]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family K^x. Aland placed it in Category V.^[5]

According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family K^x in Luke 10 and Luke 20. In Luke 1 it has a mixture of the Byzantine text-families and creates pair with 1714.^[6]

History

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).^[7] It was examined and described by Paulin Martin^[8] and Henri Omont.^[9] C. R. Gregory saw it in 1885.^[4]

The manuscript is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 90) at Paris.^[2]

See also

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

Further reading

• Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au Nouveau Testament, conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 68.
• Henri Omont, Fac-similés des manuscrits grecs datés de la Bibliothèque Nationale du IXe et XIVe siècle (Paris, 1891), 49.

Notes and References

1. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 58.
2. Book: Aland , Kurt . Kurt Aland . M. Welte . B. Köster . K. Junack . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments . . 1994 . Berlin, New York . 63 . 3-11-011986-2 .
3. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 227 .
4. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 175 .
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 . 58 . 0-8028-1918-4 . registration .
7. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 225 .
8. [Paulin Martin|Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin]
9. [Henri Omont]