Minuscule 198
{{New Testament manuscript infobox
| form = Minuscule
| number = 198
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| text = Matthews
| script = Greek
| date = 13th century
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| now at = Laurentian Library
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| size = {{×|24|16.8}}
| type = Byzantine text-type
| cat = V
| hand =
| note = marginalia
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Minuscule 198 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 311 (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=55}} is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on cotton paper. 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. 59. It has full marginalia.
Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 171 cotton paper leaves (size {{×|24|16.8}}). The text is written in one column per page, in 29 lines per page (size of text 17 by 10.2 cm). The first leaf was supplied by later hand (paper). The paper is brown, ink is brown.{{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 = 166
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n179/mode/2up
}}
The text is divided according to the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 241 Sections – 16:20), with references to the Eusebian Canons (after Mark ιδ in the same line as Ammonian Sections – see codex 112).In the same way arranged codices 112, 192, 212, 267, 507, 583, 584.
It contains the Epistula ad Carpianum, the Eusebian Canon tables, tables of the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (tables of contents) before each Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), incipits, (no {{lang|grc|αναγνωσεις}}), and subscriptions at the end of each Gospel.{{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 = 218
}}
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 = [https://archive.org/details/textnewtestament00kurt/page/n160 138]
| url = https://archive.org/details/textnewtestament00kurt
| url-access = limited
| isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}
History
Formerly the manuscript belonged to the Aedilium Florenz Ecclaesium.
It was examined by Bandini, Birch, Scholz, and Burgon. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.
It is currently housed at the Laurentian Library (Aedilium 221), at Florence.
See also
Notes
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References
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Further reading
- Angelo Bandini, Bibliotheca Leopoldin, vol. 1 (Florence 1791), p. 534.
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