Minuscule 184 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 312 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.[2] It has marginalia.

Minuscule 184
New Testament manuscript
TextGospels
Date13th century
ScriptGreek
Now atLaurentian Library
Size22.8 cm by 14.2 cm
Categorynone
Notemarginalia

Description edit

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 72 parchment leaves (size 22.8 cm by 14.2 cm).[2] The text is written in two columns per page, in 24 lines per page (size of column 19.1 by 5 cm), in black ink, the initial letters in red.[3]

The text is divided according to the small Ammonian Sections (in Mark 236 sections), with references to the Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers).[3]

It contains the Epistula ad Carpianum, prolegomena, the tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) are placed before each Gospel. It contains a lectionary markings at the margin for liturgical reading.[4]

Text edit

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland did not place it in any Category.[5]

According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the textual group 1216, as a core member.[6]

Textually it has some relationship to the group 16.

History edit

The manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 13th century.[2]

The manuscript was examined by Birch, Scholz, and Burgon. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.[3]

It is currently housed at the Laurentian Library (Plutei. VI. 15), at Florence.[2]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 54.
  2. ^ a b c d 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.
  3. ^ a b c Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 164.
  4. ^ Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 217.
  5. ^ Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  6. ^ Wisse, Frederik (1982). The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 56. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.

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