Minuscule 141
{{short description|Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament}}
{{New Testament manuscript infobox
| form = Minuscule
| number = 141
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| text = New Testament
| script = Greek
| date = 13th century
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| now at = Vatican Library
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| size = {{×|23.4|16.7}}
| type = Byzantine text-type
| cat = V
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| note = member of family Kr
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Minuscule 141 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 408 (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=53}} is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th 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. 55. The manuscript has complex contents. It has marginalia.
Description
The codex contains the entire of the New Testament (Gospels, Acts, Catholic, Pauline epistles, Revelation) on 400 parchment leaves (size {{×|23.4|16.7}}), they are split in two volumes. The text is written in one column per page, 26 lines per page. The leaves are arranged in quaternions, but separately numbered for each volume.{{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
| volume = 1
| page = 213
}}
The text is divided according to the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their {{lang|grc|τιτλοι}} (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages.
It contains lists of the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (tables of contents) before each book, lectionary equipment at the margin (for liturgical use), {{lang|grc|αναγνωσεις}} (lessons) at the margin, synaxaria, pictures, Menologion, subscriptions at the end of each book, with numbers of stichoi, and the Euthalian Apparatus.{{Cite book
| last = Gregory
| first = Caspar René
| author-link = Caspar René Gregory
| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments
| publisher = J.C. Hinrichs
| year = 1900
| location = Leipzig
| volume = 1
| page = 157
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n169/mode/2up
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kr. 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 = [https://archive.org/details/textnewtestament00kurt/page/n160 138]
| url = https://archive.org/details/textnewtestament00kurt
| url-access = limited
| isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}} According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the textual family Kr in Luke 1 and 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made. It belongs to subgroup 35.{{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
| pages = [https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/55 55, 92]
| url = https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/55
| isbn = 0-8028-1918-4
| url-access = registration
}}
History
It was examined and described by Birch (about 1782), Scholz, C. R. Gregory (in 1886), and Herman C. Hoskier, who collated its text only in the Apocalypse.Herman C. Hoskier, "Concerning the Text of the Apocalypse" (London, 1929), pp. 104-107.
It is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Vat. gr. 1160), at Rome.
See also
{{Portal|Bible}}
References
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Further reading
- Herman C. Hoskier, "Manuscripts of the Apocalypse – Recent Investigations V", BJRL vol. 8, pt 2 (1924), pp. 16–17.
- Herman C. Hoskier, "Concerning the Text of the Apocalypse" (London, 1929), pp. 104–107.
External links
- [http://www.skypoint.com/members/waltzmn/Manuscripts1-500.html#m141 Minuscule 141] at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism
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Category:Greek New Testament minuscules