Minuscule 106
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{{New Testament manuscript infobox
| form = Minuscule
| number = 106
| image = Byzantine Gospel Book (Minuscule 106) (CBL W 135, f.10r).jpg
| isize =
| caption=
| name = Codex Winchelsea
| sign =
| text = Gospels
| script = Greek
| date = 10th century
| found =
| now at = Chester Beatty Library
| cite =
| size = {{×|27|20.5}}
| type = Byzantine text-type/mixed
| cat = none
| hand =
| note = close to Syriac Philoxenian
}}
Minuscule 106 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1380 (Soden),{{cite book|last=Gregory|first=Caspar René|author-link=Caspar René Gregory|title=Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament|url=https://archive.org/stream/diegriechischen00greggoog#page/n63/mode/2up|year=1908|publisher=J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung|location=Leipzig|page=52}} is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th century.{{Cite book
| last = Aland
| first = K.
| 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 = 53
| isbn = 3-11-011986-2 }}
Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 212 parchment leaves {{×|27|20.5}}. The text is written in one column per page, in 22 lines per page.
The Greek text of the codex Kurt Aland did not place in any Category.{{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 = 138
| isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}} According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the textual group M106 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/54 54]
| url = https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/54
| isbn = 0-8028-1918-4
| url-access = registration
}}
It contains many readings close to Syriac Philoxenian.{{Cite book
| last = Scrivener
| first = Frederick Henry Ambrose
| author-link = Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener
|author2=Edward Miller
| title = A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament
| publisher = George Bell & Sons
| year = 1894
| location = London
| edition = 4
| volume = 1
| page = 208
}}
It has unique reading in Matthew 27:62.{{Cite book
| last = Gregory
| first = Caspar René
| author-link = Caspar René Gregory
| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments
| year = 1900
| location = Leipzig
| volume = 1
| page = 152
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n165/mode/2up
}}
In John 7:40 it lacks the phrase των λογων τουτων; the reading is supported only by Lectionary 44 and Syriac Sinaitic.Bruce M. Metzger, A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament, Stuttgart 2001, p. 186.
History
Griesbach dated the manuscript to the 10th century.
The manuscript once belonged to César de Missy.
Jackson collated the text of the manuscript for Wettstein in 1748.{{cite book
| last = Wettstein
| first = J. J.
| author-link = Johann Jakob Wettstein
| title = Novum Testamentum Graecum editionis receptae cum lectionibus variantibus codicum manuscripts
| publisher = Ex Officina Dommeriana
| year = 1751
| location = Amsterdam
| page = 58
| url = https://archive.org/stream/hekainediatheken00clem#page/58/mode/2up
}} It was examined by Griesbach and wrongly classified by him as a representative of the Alexandrian text-type.J. J. Griesbach, Novum Testamentum Graecum, vol. I (Halle, 1777), Prolegomena.
According to Scrivener it was held in the Earl of Winchelsea's Library, but in 1883 Earl of Winchelsea wrote to Gregory that he did not have any Gospel manuscripts.
Currently the manuscript is housed in the Chester Beatty Library (Ms. W 135), in Dublin.
See also
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References
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Further reading
- R. P. Casey, "The Lost Codex 106 of the Gospels" HTR 16 (1923), p. 394-396.
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Category:Greek New Testament minuscules