Minuscule 115 Explained

Minuscule 115 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1096 (Soden),^[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.^[2] It has marginalia.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 271 parchment leaves (size) with some lacunae (Matt. 1:1-8:9; Mark 5:23-36; Luke 1:78-2:9; 6:4-15; John 11:2-end).^[3] The text is written in one column per page, in 19 lines per page.^[2]

It contains numbers of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters) at the margin, some Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages, the Ammonian Sections, and sometimes the Eusebian Canons.^[4]

Text

Hermann von Soden included the manuscript to the group I^fb, together with manuscripts 7, 179, 267, 659, 827, and parts of 185, 1082, 1391, 1402, 1606. It is classified to the Family 1424.

Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex did not place in any Category.^[5]

According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family K^x in Luke 10. In Luke 1 and Luke 20 it has mixture of Byzantine families.^[6]

History

In 1724 it belonged to Bernard Mould in Smyrna (as minuscule 116). It was examined by Griesbach, Bloomfield, and Scholz.^[7] C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883.^[7]

It is currently housed at the British Library (Harley MS 5559).^[2]

See also

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

Further reading

• Griesbach, Symbolae criticae ad supplendas et corrigendas variarum N. T. lectionum collectiones (Halle, 1793), p. CLXXXXV

External links

• Minuscule 115 at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism
• Minuscule 115 at the British Library.

Notes and References

1. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 52.
2. K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 53.
3. Kurt Aland, "Synopsis Quattuor Evangeliorum. Locis parallelis evangeliorum apocryphorum et patrum adhibitis edidit", Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart 1996, p. XXVII.
4. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 1 . 210 .
5. 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 . 138 . limited . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
6. 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 . 54 . 0-8028-1918-4 . registration .
7. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J. C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 154 .