Minuscule 114
{{New Testament manuscript infobox
| form = Minuscule
| number = 114
| image = Harleianus 5540, first page of Matthew.jpg
| isize =
| caption= The first page of the Gospel of Matthew
| name = Codex Harleian. 5540
| sign =
| text = Gospels
| script = Greek
| date = 11th century
| found =
| now at = British Library
| cite =
| size = {{×|13.5|10.5}}
| type = Byzantine
| cat = none
| hand = very elegant
| note = marginalia
}}
Minuscule 114 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1018 (Soden),{{cite book|last=Gregory|first=Caspar René|authorlink=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 11th century.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 It has marginalia.
Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 280 parchment leaves (size {{×|13.5|10.5}}). It has some lacunae in Matthew 17:4-18; 26:59-73, Matthew 28:19-Mark 1:12 added by a later hand.
{{Cite book
| last = Gregory
| first = Caspar René
| authorlink = Caspar René Gregory
| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments
| publisher = Hinrichs
| year = 1900
| location = Leipzig
| volume = 1
| page = 153
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n165/mode/2up
| isbn =
}}
The headpieces are decorated with gold and silver. It has itacistic errors.
The text is written in one column per page, in 20 lines per page. It is written by very elegant hand, with more recent marginal notes. The text is divided according to the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their {{lang|grc|τιτλοι}} (titles) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections, but there is no references to the Eusebian Canons.
It contains the Epistula ad Carpianum, tables of the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (tables of contents) before Luke and John.{{Cite book
| last = Scrivener
| first = Frederick Henry Ambrose
| authorlink = 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
| volume = 1
| page = 210
| url =
| isbn = }}
The Menologion was added in the 13th century. It has itacistic errors.
Text
Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Π. Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex did not place in any Category.{{Cite book
| last = Aland
| first = Kurt
| authorlink = Kurt Aland
| last2 = Aland
| first2 = Barbara
| authorlink2 = 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 = [https://archive.org/details/textnewtestament00kurt/page/n160 138]
| url = https://archive.org/details/textnewtestament00kurt
| url-access = limited
| doi =
| id =
| isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family Πa in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.{{Cite book
| last = Wisse
| first = Frederik
| authorlink =
| 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
| doi =
| isbn = 0-8028-1918-4
| url-access = registration
}}
History
See also
References
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Further reading
- {{Cite book
| last = Gregory
| first = Caspar René
| authorlink = Caspar René Gregory
| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments
| publisher = J. C. Hinrichs
| year = 1900
| location = Leipzig
| volume = 1
| page = 153
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n165/mode/2up
| isbn =
}}
External links
- [http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=4919&CollID=8&NStart=5540 Codex Harleianus 5540] at the Britisch Library
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Category:Greek New Testament minuscules