Minuscule 925 Explained

Minuscule 925 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1450 (von Soden),^{[1] [2]} is a 14th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. It has marginalia. The manuscript has survived in complete condition.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 413 parchment leaves (size). The text is written in one column per page, 21-22 lines per page.^{[3] [4]} The leaves of the codex are arranged in octavo.^[5] The manuscript is ornamented.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family K^x. Kurt Aland did not place it in any Category.^[6] According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the textual family K^x in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made.^[7]

History

According to C. R. Gregory it was written in the 14th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 14th century. It was written by scribe named Nicephorus. The codex 925 was seen by Gregory at the Dionysiou monastery, in Mount Athos. 412 leaves of the manuscript are housed at the Dionysiou monastery (46 (5)), one leaf with text of Matthew 10:27-36 is housed at the National Library of Russia (Gr. 302) in Saint Petersburg. This leaf was previously cataloged as minuscule 2156.^[8]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (925^e). It was not on the Scrivener's list, but it was added to his list by Edward Miller in the 4th edition of A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament.^[9]

It is not cited in critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS4,^[10] NA28^[11]).

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules (1–1000)
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism

Further reading

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

External links

• Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 12 March 2014 . 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 . 79.
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 . 202.
3. Book: Aland , Kurt . Kurt Aland . M. Welte . B. Köster . K. Junack . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments . . 1994 . Berlin, New York . 102 . 3-11-011986-2 .
4. Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 12 March 2014 . Münster.
5. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testamentes . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 232 .
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 . 68 . 0-8028-1918-4 . registration .
8. Book: Gregory, Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament . 1908 . J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung . Leipzig . 116.
9. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 276 .
10. Book: Aland, B. . Aland . K. . Karavidopoulos, J. . Martini, C. M. . Carlo Maria Martini . Metzger, B. . Wikgren, A. . The Greek New Testament . 4 . United Bible Societies . Stuttgart . 1993 . 18* . 978-3-438-05110-3.
11. Book: Nestle, Eberhard . Nestle, Erwin . Aland, B. . Aland, K. . Karavidopoulos, J. . Martini, C. M. . Metzger, B. M. . Novum Testamentum Graece . 27 . Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft . Stuttgart . 2001 . 812 . 978-3-438-05100-4.