Minuscule 789 Explained

Minuscule 789 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε396 (von Soden),[1] [2] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. The manuscript has no complex contents.[3] [4]

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 250 parchment leaves (size), with some lacunae.[3] The texts of Matthew 1:1-5:40; John 19:12-21:25 were supplied by a later hand in the 16th century.

The text is written in one column per page, 20 lines per page.[3]

The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, but there is no their Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles) at the top of the pages.

It contains tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel with a Harmony, lectionary markings at the margin, incipits, Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: αναγνωσεις (lessons), (Synaxarion, Menologion from 16th century), subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, with numbers of Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: στιχοι.[5]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kr. Aland placed it in Category V.[6]

According to the Claremont Profile Method it represent the textual family Kr in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 20 no profile was made.[7]

The text of the Pericope Adulterae is athetized by scribe in margin with horizontal dashes (folio 218b–219a).[8]

History

According to Gregory the manuscript was written in the 14th century.[5] The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 14th century.[4]

Formerly it was housed in the monastery μεγαλων πυλων 27.[5] The manuscript was noticed in catalogue from 1876.[9]

It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (789). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[5]

The manuscript is now housed at the National Library of Greece (134) in Athens.[3] [4]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Soden, von, Hermann. Hermann, Freiherr von Soden. Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte. 1. 1902. Verlag von Alexander Duncker. Berlin. 181.
  2. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 75.
  3. Book: Aland , K. . Kurt Aland . M. Welte . B. Köster . K. Junack . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments . . 1994 . Berlin, New York . 93 . 3-11-011986-2 .
  4. http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php Handschriftenliste
  5. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1 . 1900 . Leipzig . 222 .
  6. 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.
  7. 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 . 66 . 0-8028-1918-4 . registration .
  8. Web site: Manuscript GA 789 - CSNTM . 2023-03-29 . manuscripts.csntm.org.
  9. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1 . 1900 . Leipzig . 219 .