Minuscule 246

Minuscule 246
New Testament manuscript
TextGospels
Date14th century
ScriptGreek
Now atState Historical Museum
Size24.6 cm by 17.5 cm
TypeByzantine text-type
CategoryV
Notemember of Kr

Minuscule 246 is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, written on paper. It is designated by the siglum 246 in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts, and as ε 460 in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been assigned to the 14th century.

Description

The manuscript is a codex (precursor to the modern book format), containing the complete text of the four Gospels written on 189 paper leaves (sized 24.6 cm by 17.5 cm), with two missing sections: Matthew 12:41-13:55, and John 17:24-18:20. The text is written in one column per page, with 26 lines per page.

It contains the tables of contents (known as κεφαλαια / kephalaia) before each Gospel, lectionary markings in the margin for liturgical use, and marginal notes recording various readings. A Synaxarion (list of Saint's Days) and Menologion (list of weekly readings) were added by a later hand.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is considered to be a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Textual critic Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kr. 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 

According to the Claremont Profile Method (a specific analysis of textual data), it belongs to the textual family Kr in Luke 1 and Luke 20 as a perfect member. In Luke 10 no profile was made.

History

The manuscript was formerly held at Mount Athos. It was brought to Moscow by the monk Arsenius, on the suggestion of the Patriarch Nikon during the reign of Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov (1645–1676). The manuscript was collated by Christian F. Matthaei.: 223  The manuscript is currently housed at the State Historical Museum (shelf number V. 19, S. 274) in Moscow.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament [The Greek Manuscripts of the New Testament] (in German). Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 56.
  2. 1 2 3 4 K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 61
  3. 1 2 Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments [Textual Criticism of the New Testament]. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 172.
  4. 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. 224.
  5. 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. 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. pp. 57, 92. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.

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