Minuscule 942 Explained

Minuscule 942 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1365 von Soden),^{[1] [2]} is a 10th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. The manuscript has survived in complete condition.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 385 parchment leaves (size). The text is written in one column per page, 18 lines per page.^{[3] [4]} The leaves are arranged in sedez.^[5]

It contains the Eusebian Canon tables, and pictures. There is no Epistula ad Carpianum. The manuscript is ornamented.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine. Hermann von Soden classified it as text K. Kurt Aland placed it in Category V.^[6] According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual Family K^x in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 14.^[7]

History

The manuscript was dated by Gregory to the 13th century. Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 10th century.

The codex 942 was seen by Gregory at the Dionysiou monastery (34), in Mount Athos. Currently 383 folios of the manuscript are housed at the Dionysiou monastery (121 (34)) in Athos. 2 folios are housed at the Russian National Library (Gr. 286) in St. Petersburg, they do not contain biblical text.

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by C. R. Gregory (942^e). It was not on the Scrivener's list, but it was added to this list by Edward Miller in the 4th edition of A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament.^[8]

It was examined by Kurt Treu.^[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 . 233 .

External links

• Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 22 October 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 . 185.
3. Book: Aland , K. . Kurt Aland . M. Welte . B. Köster . K. Junack . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments . . 1994 . Berlin, New York . 103 . 3-11-011986-2.
4. Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 22 October 2014 . Münster.
5. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testamentes . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 233 .
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: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 276 .
9. K. Treu, Die Griechieschen Handschriften..., 1966, p. 119-120.
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.