Minuscule 920 Explained

Minuscule 920 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 55 (von Soden),^{[1] [2]} is a 10th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. The manuscript has not survived in complete condition.

Description

The codex contains the text of the Book of Acts, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles, and Book of Revelation, on 239 parchment leaves (size).^[3] The texts of Acts 1:1-7:35; 7:53-8:12; 11:20-12:14; 15:11-18; Apocalypse 22:1-fin.

The text is written in one column per page, with 25 lines per page.^{[4] [5]}

It contains scholia at the margin.

Text

Kurt Aland placed the Greek text of the codex in Category V.^[6] This means it is a representative of the Byzantine text-type.^[7]

History

According to C. R. Gregory the manuscript was written in the 10th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 10th century.

It was described by Montana, who sent description to Kelly.

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (208^a)^[8] and Gregory (236^a, 126^r). In 1908 Gregory gave the number 920 to it.

It is currently housed in the Biblioteca de El Escorial (Ψ. III. 18) in Escurial.

See also

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

Further reading

• Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory

. Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testamentes . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 283 .

External links

• Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 11 June 2013 . Münster.

Notes and References

1. Book: Gregory, Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory

   . Caspar René Gregory . Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament . 1908 . J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung . Leipzig . 79.

2. Book: Soden, von, Hermann . Hermann, Freiherr von Soden

   . 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 . 217.

3. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory

   . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testamentes . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 283 .

4. Book: Aland , Kurt . Kurt Aland

   . 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 . 22 October 2014 . Münster.
6. Book: Aland , Kurt . Kurt Aland

   . 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.

7. 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.
8. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener

   . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 299 .