Minuscule 248 Explained

Minuscule 248 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 395 (Soden),^[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. It has been dated by a colophon to the year 1275.^[2] It has marginalia.

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 261 parchment leaves (size).^[2] The text is written in one column per page, 26 lines per page.^[2]

It contains tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel (on paper), references to the Eusebian Canons, and lectionary markings at the margin for liturgical use.^[3] The Synaxarion was added by a later hand.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.^[4] It is close to the codex 71.^[5] According to the Claremont Profile Method it has a mixture of the Byzantine text-families in Luke 1 and Luke 10. In Luke 20 it represents cluster M27.^[6]

History

The manuscript was written by Meletius a Beroean for Cyrus Alypius, οικονομος of St. George's monastery. in the reign of Michael Palaeologus (1259-1282).^[3]

Formerly the manuscript was held at the Philotheus monastery at Athos peninsula. It was brought to Moscow, by the monk Arsenius, on the suggestion of the Patriarch Nikon, in the reign of Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov (1645-1676).^[7] The manuscript was collated by C. F. Matthaei.^[5]

The manuscript is currently housed at the State Historical Museum (V. 18, S. 277) at Moscow.^[2]

See also

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

Further reading

• C. F. Matthaei, Novum Testamentum Graece et Latine, (Riga, 1782-1788). (as r)
• Kurt Treu, Die Griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments in der UdSSR; eine systematische Auswertung des Texthandschriften in Leningrad, Moskau, Kiev, Odessa, Tbilisi und Erevan, T & U 90 (Berlin, 1966), pp. 246–249.

Notes and References

1. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 56.
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. 61.
3. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 224 . 1 .
4. 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 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
5. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 172 .
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 . 57 . 0-8028-1918-4 . registration .
7. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 223 . 1 .