Minuscule 189
{{New Testament manuscript infobox
| form = Minuscule
| number = 189
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| text = New Testament (except Rev.)
| script = Greek
| date = 14th century
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| now at = Laurentian Library
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| size = {{×|11.5|9.8}}
| type = Byzantine text-type
| cat = V
| hand = beautifully written
| note = member of Kr
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Minuscule 189 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 269 (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/n65/mode/2up|year=1908|publisher=J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung|location=Leipzig|page=54}} is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th 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. 58. It has marginalia.
Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles and Pauline epistles on 452 elegant parchment leaves (size {{×|11.5|9.8}}). The text is written in one column per page, in 24 lines per page, in light-black ink, capital letters in red.{{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
| page = 164
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n177/mode/2up
}} The letters are small and beautiful.
The text is divided according to the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin. There is no {{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 reading), {{lang|grc|αναγνωσεις}} (lessons), synaxaria,{{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
| page = 217
| volume = 1
}} the Euthalian Apparatus to the Catholic and Pauline epistles. It has only one lacunae in John 19:38-21:25.
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. 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 = 132
| isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}} Hermann von Soden classified it as member of the textual family Kr. According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents Kr in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made.{{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/56 56, 92]
| url = https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/56
| isbn = 0-8028-1918-4
| url-access = registration
}}
History
It was examined by Birch, Scholz, Burgon, and C. R. Gregory (1886).
It is currently housed at the Laurentian Library (Plutei. VI. 27), at Florence.
See also
{{Portal|Bible}}
References
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Further reading
- {{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 = 164
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n177/mode/2up
}}
External links
- [http://www.skypoint.com/members/waltzmn/Manuscripts1-500.html#m189 Minuscule 189] at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism
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