Minuscule 223
{{New Testament manuscript infobox
| form = Minuscule
| number = 223
| image = Minuscule 223 (GA) f11r.jpg
| isize =
| caption= The beginning of the Acts
| name =
| sign =
| text = Acts, Pauline epistles
| script = Greek
| date = 14th-century
| found =
| now at = University of Michigan Library
| cite =
| size = {{×|28.2|21.3}}
| type = Byzantine
| cat = V
| hand =
| note =
}}
Minuscule 223 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 263 (Von Soden numbering),{{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/n67/mode/2up|year=1908|publisher=J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung|location=Leipzig|page=56}} 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. 60. Formerly it was labeled by 223a and 277p.{{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 = 282
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n295/mode/2up
}}
Scrivener labelled it by 220a and 264p.{{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
| pages = 299–300
}}
Description
The codex contains the text of the Acts, Pauline, and Catholic epistles on 376 parchment leaves (size {{×|28.2|21.3}}), with some lacunae (first leaves in 2 Corinthians with 1:1-3, Ephesians with 1:1-4, and Hebrews with 1:1-6). The text is written in one column per page, 22-23 lines per page, on fine vellum with broad margins. Titles in gold, initial letters ornamented, brilliantly illuminated.{{Cite book | author = Bruce M. Metzger | author-link = Bruce M. Metzger | title = Manuscripts of the Greek Bible | publisher = Oxford University Press | year = 1991 | page = 134}}
The text is divided according to the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and the {{lang|grc|τιτλοι}} (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages.
It contains double prolegomena, Journeys and death of Paul,As in codices: 102, 206, 216, 256, 468, 614, 665, 909, 912 tables of the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (to the Acts), lectionary markings at the margin, liturgical books with hagiographies (Synaxarion, Menologion), and subscriptions at the end of each biblical book. The illuminations are given before each book.
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 = 138
| isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}
History
The manuscript was written by Antonius, a monk. According to the colophon the manuscript was written by Antonios of Malaka in 1244. Dating of the manuscript is problematic, possibly the colophon was not inserted by original scribe. It was examined by Scrivener and Gregory (1883).
Formerly it was labeled by 223a and 277p. In 1908 C. R. Gregory gave number 223 for it.
It is currently housed at the University of Michigan Library (Ms. 34), at Ann Arbor, Michigan.{{Cite web | url=http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php?ObjID=30223 | title=Liste Handschriften |publisher=Institute for New Testament Textual Research | access-date=1 October 2012 |location=Münster}}
See also
Notes
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References
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Further reading
- F. H. A. Scrivener, Adversaria critica sacra (Cambridge, 1893).
- K. W. Clark, Eight American Praxapostoloi, (Chicago, 1941).
External links
{{Commons category|Minuscule 223 (GA)}}
- [http://www.skypoint.com/members/waltzmn/Manuscripts1-500.html#m223 Minuscule 223] at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism
- [http://www.csntm.org/manuscript/View/GA_223 Images from Minuscule 223] at the CSNTM
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