:Minuscule 1078

{{New Testament manuscript infobox

| form = Minuscule

| number = 1078

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| text = Gospels

| script = Greek

| date = 10th century

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| now at = Great Lavra

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| size = {{×|19|14}}

| type = Byzantine text-type

| cat = V

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| note = commentary

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Minuscule 1078 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), A¹⁵⁹ (von Soden),{{Cite book|last=Soden, von|first=Hermann|author-link=Hermann, Freiherr von Soden|title=Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte|volume=1|year=1902|publisher=Verlag von Alexander Duncker|location=Berlin|page=254}} is a 10th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. It was adapted for liturgical use. The manuscript is not lacunose.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 282 parchment leaves (size {{×|19|14}}). The text is written in one column per page, 23-25 lines per page.{{Cite book

| last = Aland

| first = Kurt

| author-link = Kurt Aland

|author2=M. Welte |author3=B. Köster |author4=K. Junack

| title = Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments

| publisher = Walter de Gruyter

| year = 1994

| location = Berlin, New York

| page = 110

| isbn = 3-11-011986-2 }}{{Cite web|url=http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php|title=Liste Handschriften|publisher=Institute for New Testament Textual Research|access-date=23 January 2011|location=Münster}}

It contains a commentary and lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use).

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family A^b. Kurt Aland placed it in Category V.{{Cite book

| last = Aland

| first = Kurt

| author-link = Kurt Aland

| last2 = Aland

| first2 = Barbara

| author-link2 = Barbara Aland

| others = Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.)

| title = The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism

| publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

| year = 1995

| location = Grand Rapids

| page = 139

| isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}

According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual family K^x in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.{{Cite book

| last = Wisse

| first = Frederik

| title = The profile method for the classification and evaluation of manuscript evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke

| publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

| year = 1982

| location = Grand Rapids

| page = [https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/70 70]

| url = https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/70

| isbn = 0-8028-1918-4

| url-access = registration

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It lacks text of Matthew 16:2b–3. The Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11) is placed at the end of the Gospel of John. The pericope has an additional scholion at the margin: ευρηται και ετερα εν αν αρχαιος αντιγραφοις απερ συνειδομεν γραψαι προς τω τελει του αυτου ευαγγελιστου α εστιν ταδε. The same scholion has codex 1076 (with two differences - το for τω and ευαγγελιου for ευαγγελιστου).{{Cite book

| last = Gregory

| first = Caspar René

| author-link = Caspar René Gregory

| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments

| publisher = Hinrichs

| year = 1900

| location = Leipzig

| volume = 1

| pages = 239–240

| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n251/mode/2up

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History

Caspar René Gregory dated the manuscript to the 10th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 10th century.

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by C. R. Gregory (1078^e). Gregory saw it in 1886.

Currently the manuscript is housed at the Great Lavra (A' 16), in Athos.

:Minuscule 1078

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