Minuscule 178 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 210 ( Soden), is a

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of the

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, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century. It has marginalia.

Description

The codex contains an almost complete text of the four

Gospel Gospel originally meant the Christian message (" the gospel"), but in the 2nd century it came to be used also for the books in which the message was set out. In this sense a gospel can be defined as a loose-knit, episodic narrative of the words a ...

s on 272 thick parchment leaves (size ), with only one small

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(John 21:17-25). The leaves are arranged in

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. The text is written in two columns per page, in 23 lines per page, in dark-brown ink, capital letters in gold. The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their (''titles of chapters'') with a harmony at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 234 sections - the last in 16:9), but without references to the

Eusebian Canons Eusebian canons, Eusebian sections or Eusebian apparatus, also known as Ammonian sections, are the system of dividing the four Gospels used between late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. The divisions into chapters and verses used in modern texts d ...

. It contains the Eusebian Canon tables at the beginning, lists of the (''lists of contents'') before each of the Gospels. The headings of the Gospels as in

minuscule 69 Minuscule 69 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), δ 505 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts), known as the ''Codex Leicester'', or ''Codex Leicestrensis'', is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the ...

– εκ του κατα Μαρκον.In this way also are titled the headings of the Gospels in

minuscule 543 Minuscule 543 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), ε 257 (in von Soden's numbering of New Testament manuscripts) and labelled 556 by biblical scholar and textual critic F. H. A. Scrivener, is a Greek minuscule manusc ...

and

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. On the first leaf it has the same subscription as codex 87.

Text

Kurt Aland did not place the Greek text of the codex in any

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. According to the

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it represents the textual family Π^a in Luke 1 and Luke 10. In Luke 20 it represents K^x. The text of the

Pericope Adulterae Jesus and the woman taken in adultery (or the ) is a passage (pericope) found in John 7:53– 8:11 of the New Testament. It has been the subject of much scholarly discussion. In the passage, Jesus was teaching in the Second Temple after com ...

(John 7:53-8:11) is marked by an obelus.

History

Formerly the manuscript was held in της μονης του προδρομου της κοιμενης εγγιστα της Αετιου αρχαικη δε τη μονη κησις πετρα in

Constantinople la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya ( Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis ( ...

, as codices 87 and

774 __NOTOC__ Year 774 ( DCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 774 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar ...

. The manuscript came from Constantinople. According to the subscription "prope Cisternam Aeti". It was examined by

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(about 1782),A. Birch
''Variae Lectiones ad Textum IV Evangeliorum''
Haunie 1801, pp. LV-LVI. and Scholz. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886. It is currently housed at the

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(gr. 123), at

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Notes

References

External links

Angelicus gr. 123
Nuova Biblioteca Manoscritta {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 0178 Greek New Testament minuscules 12th-century biblical manuscripts