Minuscule 909 Explained

Minuscule 909 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α263 (von Soden),^{[1] [2]} is a 12th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. The manuscript has survived in complete condition. It has marginalia.

Description

The codex contains the text of the Book of Acts, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles, on 268 parchment leaves (size). According to the CSNTM description it has 271 leaves.^[3]

The text is written in two columns per page, 24 lines per page.^{[4] [5]} The leaves 74-80 are written in 25 lines per page. They were written by different hands.

It also contains Prolegomena, Journeys and death of Paul,^[6] tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents), subscriptions at the end of each of the Gospels with numbers of Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: στιχοι.^[7] Lectionary markings at the margin – for liturgical use – were added by later hand. It contains 8 images.

Text

The Greek text of the codex Kurt Aland did not place it in any Category.^[8]

History

According to the colophon the manuscript was written in 1108 by Kallistrus, a monk. According to the CSNTM it was written in 1107. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 12th century.

In 1554 it belonged to Demetrius. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883.

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (198^a, 280^p)^[9] and Gregory (225^a, 280^p). In 1908 Gregory gave the number 909 to it.

It was held in Cheltenham (Phillipps 7681).

Currently it is housed in the Scriptorium (Van Kampen 902), at Orlando, Florida.

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Minuscule 908
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism

Further reading

• Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 232 .

External links

• Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 14 April 2013 . Münster.
• Minuscule 909 (GA) CSNTM

Notes and References

1. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 78.
2. 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. 227.
3. http://www.pdfdownload.org/pdf2html/view_online.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.csntm.org%2FManuscripts%2FGA_909%2FGA_909.pdf CSNTM Description
4. Book: Aland , Kurt . Kurt Aland . M. Welte . B. Köster . K. Junack . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments . . 1994 . Berlin, New York . 101 . 3-11-011986-2 .
5. Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 11 April 2013 . Münster.
6. Journeys and death of Paul contain also 102, 206, 216, 256, 468, 614, 665, 912.
7. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 282 .
8. 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 . 134, 139 . limited . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
9. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 298 .