| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospels † |
|---|---|
| Date | 13th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III |
| Size | 17.3 cm by 12.5 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | none |
| Note | marginalia |
Minuscule 403 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 320 (in Soden's numbering),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on cotton paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.[2] It has marginalia.
Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 212 paper leaves (17.3 cm by 12.5 cm) with numerous lacunae. It is written in one column per page, in 22 lines per page.[2]
It contains Argumentum, tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, division according to the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 240 Sections, 16:19) (no references to the Eusebian Canons), lectionary markings at the margin, incipits, and Menologion.[3][4]
- Contents
Matthew 12:23-19:12; 19:18-28:20; Mark; Luke 1:1-5:21; 5:36—24:53; John 1:1-18:36.[3]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type.[5] Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kx. Kurt Aland did not place it in any Category.[6]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family Kx in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made.[5]
History
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794–1852).[7] C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.[3]
The manuscript is currently housed at the Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III (Ms. II. A. 4) in Naples.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 62.
- 1 2 3 Aland, K.; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 71. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
- 1 2 3 Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 186.
- ↑ Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 235.
- 1 2 Wisse, Frederik (1982). The profile method for the classification and evaluation of manuscript evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 60. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
- ↑ Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ↑ Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1. London. p. 225.
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Further reading
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 186.