Minuscule 912 Explained

Minuscule 912 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 366 (von Soden),^{[1] [2]} is a 13th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment.

Description

The codex contains the text of the Book of Acts, Pauline epistles, and Catholic epistles, on 206 parchment leaves (size).

The text is written in two columns per page, and 31 lines per page.^{[3] [4]}

The text is divided according to chapters (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their titles (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι) at the top of the pages.

It contains Prolegomena, Journeys and death of Paul,^[5] liturgical books with hagiographies (Synaxarion and Menologion), subscriptions at the end of each book with numbers of Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: στιχοι.^[6]

Text

Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex placed in Category V.^[7] It means it is a representative of the Byzantine text-type.^[8]

History

According to Scrivener and C. R. Gregory the manuscript was written in the 13th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 13th century.

Formerly it was held in the Simonopetra monastery at Athos peninsula. It was brought by Robert Curzon to London in 1837.^[9] C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883.

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (218^a, 236^p)^[10] and Gregory (228^a, 283^p). In 1908 Gregory gave the number 912 to it.

It is currently housed in the British Library (Add MS 39600) in London.

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Minuscule 911
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism

Further reading

• Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 283 .

External links

• Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 7 May 2013 . Münster.

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. 230.
3. 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 .
4. Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 7 May 2013 . Münster.
5. Journeys and death of Paul contain also 102, 206, 216, 256, 468, 614, 665, 909.
6. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 283 .
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 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
8. Book: Aland , Kurt . 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 . 106, 159.
9. Book: Robert Curzon . Visits to Monasteries in the Levant . John Murray . London . 1849.
10. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 299 .