Minuscule 1187 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1083 (
von Soden),
is an 11th-century
Greek minuscule
Letter case is the distinction between the letters that are in larger uppercase or capitals (or more formally ''majuscule'') and smaller lowercase (or more formally ''minuscule'') in the written representation of certain languages. The writing ...
manuscript of the
New Testament on parchment. It has
marginalia
Marginalia (or apostils) are marks made in the margins of a book or other document. They may be scribbles, comments, glosses (annotations), critiques, doodles, drolleries, or illuminations.
Biblical manuscripts
Biblical manuscripts have ...
. The manuscript has survived in complete condition. It is housed in the
Saint Catherine's Monastery
Saint Catherine's Monastery ( ar, دير القدّيسة كاترين; grc-gre, Μονὴ τῆς Ἁγίας Αἰκατερίνης), officially the Sacred Autonomous Royal Monastery of Saint Katherine of the Holy and God-Trodden Mount Sinai, ...
.
Description
The
codex
The codex (plural codices ) was the historical ancestor of the modern book. Instead of being composed of sheets of paper, it used sheets of vellum, papyrus, or other materials. The term ''codex'' is often used for ancient manuscript books, with ...
contains complete text of the four
Gospels, on 307 parchment leaves (size ), without any
lacuna. The text is written in two columns per page, 25 lines per page.
The text of the Gospels is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their (''titles of chapters'') at the top of the pages. It has subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, with so called
Jerusalem Colophon.
According to
Hermann von Soden
Baron Hermann von Soden (16 August 1852 – 15 January 1914) was a German Biblical scholar, minister, professor of divinity, and textual theorist.
Life
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on August 16, 1852, Soden was educated at the University of Tübinge ...
the manuscript was prepared for liturgical reading.
It contains some
scholia from
Epiphanius of Salamis and
John Chrysostom.
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the
Byzantine.
Hermann von Soden
Baron Hermann von Soden (16 August 1852 – 15 January 1914) was a German Biblical scholar, minister, professor of divinity, and textual theorist.
Life
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on August 16, 1852, Soden was educated at the University of Tübinge ...
classified it to the textual family
Ir.
Kurt Aland
Kurt Aland (28 March 1915 – 13 April 1994) was a German theologian and biblical scholar who specialized in New Testament textual criticism. He founded the '' Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung'' (Institute for New Testament Textua ...
placed it in
Category V.
According to the
Claremont Profile Method it represents
Λ group in
Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20. The leading manuscript of this group is
Codex Tischendorfianus III
Codex Tischendorfianus III – designated by siglum Λ or 039 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 77 ( von Soden)Hermann von Soden, ''Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ...
.
The text of the
Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11) is marked at the margin by an
obelus (÷) as doubtful.
History
According to
Victor Gardthausen Victor Emil Gardthausen (26 August 1843 – 27 December 1925) was a German ancient historian, palaeographer, librarian, and Professor from Leipzig University. He was author and co-author of some books; editor of ancient texts.
Life
Gardthausen wa ...
it was written in the 10th or 11th century. Kondakov dated it to the 12th or 13th century.
Currently the manuscript is dated by the
INTF
The Institute for New Testament Textual Research (german: Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung — INTF) at the University of Münster, Westphalia, Germany, is to research the textual history of the New Testament and to reconstruct its G ...
to the 11th century. Of the history of the codex 1187 nothing is known until the year 1886, when it was seen by
Victor Gardthausen Victor Emil Gardthausen (26 August 1843 – 27 December 1925) was a German ancient historian, palaeographer, librarian, and Professor from Leipzig University. He was author and co-author of some books; editor of ancient texts.
Life
Gardthausen wa ...
, German palaeographer. Gardthausen was first western scholar, who described the codex. The first facsimile of the codex was published by
William Hatch in 1932.
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (as 1187
e) on the basis of Gardthausen's description. It was not on the Scrivener's list, but it was added to his list by Edward Miller in the 4th edition of
A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament.
It is not cited in critical editions of the
Greek New Testament Greek New Testament refers to the New Testament in Koine Greek.
It may also refer to the following texts:
* ''Novum Instrumentum omne''
* ''Textus Receptus'', the basis of the King James Bible
* ''Novum Testamentum Graece'', a critical edition of t ...
(UBS4, NA28
).
The manuscript is housed at the
Saint Catherine's Monastery
Saint Catherine's Monastery ( ar, دير القدّيسة كاترين; grc-gre, Μονὴ τῆς Ἁγίας Αἰκατερίνης), officially the Sacred Autonomous Royal Monastery of Saint Katherine of the Holy and God-Trodden Mount Sinai, ...
(Gr. 150), in
Sinai Peninsula.
See also
*
List of New Testament minuscules (1001–2000)
*
Biblical manuscript
A biblical manuscript is any handwritten copy of a portion of the text of the Bible. Biblical manuscripts vary in size from tiny scrolls containing individual verses of the Jewish scriptures (see ''Tefillin'') to huge polyglot codices (multi-ling ...
*
Textual criticism
References
Further reading
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External links
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Greek New Testament minuscules
11th-century biblical manuscripts