Minuscule 210

Minuscule 210
New Testament manuscript
TextGospels
Date12th century
ScriptGreek
Now atBiblioteca Marciana
Size37.5 cm by 29.5 cm
TypeByzantine
CategoryV
Notemarginalia

Minuscule 210 is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, made of parchment. It is designated by the siglum 210 in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts, and A133 in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been assigned to the 11th or 12th century. It has marginal notes.

Description

The manuscript is a codex (precursor to the modern book format), containing an almost complete text of the four Gospels, written on 372 parchment leaves (sized 37.5 cm by 29.5 cm). The text is written in one column per page, in various number of lines per page. It has only one gap, with the manuscript missing Matthew 1:1-2:18. This text was supplied by a later hand.

The text is divided according to the chapters (known as κεφαλαια / kephalaia), whose numbers are given in the margin, and their titles (known as τιτλοι / titloi) written at the top of the pages. The biblical text is surrounded by a Catenae (this being a biblical commentary). In the Gospel of Mark, the commentary is by Victorinus of Pettau. There are rich blue and gold illuminations and pictures of Saint Mark and Luke.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is considered to be a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Biblical scholar Kurt Aland placed it in Category V of his New Testament manuscript classification system. Category V manuscripts are described as "manuscripts with a purely or predominantly Byzantine text.": 336  It was not examined by using the Claremont Profile Method.

History

The earliest history of the manuscript is unknown. It was examined by biblical scholar Andreas Birch and clergyman and scholar Dean Burgon. Biblical scholar Caspar René Gregory saw it in 1886.

Is it currently dated by the INTF to the 11th century. It is presently housed at the Biblioteca Marciana (shelf number Fondo ant. 27), in Venice.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament [The Greek Manuscripts of the New Testament]. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs. p. 55.
  2. 1 2 3 Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments [A Concise List of the Greek Manuscripts of the New Testament]. Berlin; New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 59. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Liste Handschriften: Minuscule 210". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 2026-09-02.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments [Textual Criticism of the New Testament]. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs. p. 167.
  5. 1 2 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. 220.
  6. 1 2 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. Translated by Erroll F. Rhodes. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  7. ↑ Wisse, Frederik (1982). The Profile Method for Classifying and Evaluating Manuscript Evidence. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 57. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.